A customer arrested on the weekend over a lethal capturing throughout a botched hold-up in Hong Kong three many years in the past can be introduced earlier than a courtroom in a while Monday, police have mentioned.
Superintendent Alan Chung of the Kowloon West regional crime unit mentioned the 59-year-old man, who was arrested when he arrived from mainland China, had been charged with homicide and tried theft and would seem in Kowloon Metropolis Court docket within the afternoon.
He mentioned the suspect’s fingerprints matched these collected on the scene of the failed theft at a Sham Shui Po watch store in 1991.
Chung added that the outcomes of a DNA take a look at on a bloodstained T-shirt found in a getaway automobile used within the hold-up have been additionally a match for the suspect.
The tried theft, on June 9, 1991, concerned three males, carrying what gave the impression to be a pistol and a hammer, who stormed the Shun Fats Firm second-hand watch store on Pei Ho Avenue.
Chung mentioned one of many robbers fired a shot on the head of an worker who later died in hospital. The opposite two males tried to interrupt a glass show cupboard however failed.
He mentioned one of many robbers was believed to have been injured within the incident.
The three raiders fled empty-handed in a crimson automobile nevertheless it was caught in site visitors congestion. The trio then deserted the automobile and fled on foot, abandoning a bloodstained T-shirt within the automobile.
Hong Kong man needed over deadly hold-up capturing arrested after 32 years on the run
Hong Kong man needed over deadly hold-up capturing arrested after 32 years on the run
The superintendent mentioned police efficiently recognized a mainland man as one of many three suspects in 2021. He mentioned the power sought assist from mainland authorities to seek out the person who was additionally positioned on a police needed listing.
The suspect was picked up when he arrived in a seven-seater automobile from the mainland by way of the Shenzhen Bay management level on Saturday.
Chung mentioned as a result of seriousness of the case, police instantly sought assist from consultants from the federal government laboratory to conduct DNA assessments and fingerprint evaluation.
“We imagine he was one of many robbers. We’re nonetheless investigating his function to find out if he was the one who opened fireplace or used a hammer to smash the show cupboard,” he mentioned.
Chung mentioned police have been nonetheless looking the opposite two males in reference to the case.