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South China Morning Post
2 days ago
- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong court jails couple for life over abuse, murder of newborn son
A couple has been jailed for life in Hong Kong over what a judge called the 'completely disgraceful' abuse and murder of their newborn son six years ago. The High Court on Wednesday sentenced Hong Kong residents Imran Hossain, 32, and Farzana Akter, 29, over the father and mother's mistreatment and killing of their seven-week-old baby, Iyman Hossain, in 2019. A day earlier, a seven-member jury returned a unanimous verdict to convict the pair of murder and child cruelty in a case that hinged on circumstantial evidence due to the absence of an eyewitness. The boy died six days after he lost consciousness in the family's subdivided flat in Sham Shui Po on August 24, 2019. The court heard that Iyman, the second of the couple's three children, was growing healthily, according to his last medical check-up at a clinic on August 8, but stopped gaining weight and sustained multiple injuries to his head and body before he was hospitalised. Iyman was diagnosed with bleeding under the skull, brain damage, and multiple thigh and rib fractures.
South China Morning Post
3 days ago
- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong court convicts couple of child cruelty, murdering newborn son
A Hong Kong court has convicted a couple of murdering their newborn son after rejecting their assertions that the infant's head trauma and rib fractures could have been inflicted by his brother out of jealousy. A High Court jury comprising three men and four women returned a unanimous verdict on Tuesday to convict Imran Hossain, 32, and his wife Farzana Akter, 29, of murdering their seven-week-old baby, Iyman Hossain, in 2019. The unemployed couple was also found guilty of child cruelty for breaching their duty of care to the deceased. The trial heard the boy died in hospital six days after he became unresponsive and displayed abnormal eye movement in the family's subdivided flat in Sham Shui Po on August 24, 2019. Prosecutors said the defendants, both Hong Kong residents, failed to call emergency services that morning and only took the baby to hospital at least 90 minutes after he lost consciousness. The court heard the deceased was growing healthily in his last medical check-up at a clinic on August 8, 2019, but stopped gaining weight and displayed poor growth before he was admitted to hospital. An initial medical examination diagnosed Iyman with multiple thigh and rib fractures, with the child's right first rib found broken to a level of severity typically seen in a car crash or a fall from a great height. He was also found with bruises on his cheeks and forehead, scratches over a nostril and bloodstains on his nasal bridge.
South China Morning Post
14-05-2025
- South China Morning Post
‘Jealous brother' bit baby, dropped him before his death, Hong Kong court told
A man accused with his wife of murdering their seven-week-old son in 2019 told police that the baby's brother had dropped him on the floor and often rushed to bite him when he was being breastfed, attempting to hurt him out of jealousy, a Hong Kong court heard on Wednesday. The High Court heard that Imran Hossain, 32, told investigators that his elder son Farhan, who was about two years old in 2019, had strived for his parents' attention after the birth of his brother Iyman that July. Imran and his wife Farzana Akter, 29, told police that they suspected Iyman's fatal injuries were caused by Farhan, who had jumped from a suitcase onto the bed and hurt the baby on August 24, 2019. Iyman, who suffered multiple thigh and rib fractures and brain damage, died six days later in hospital. His parents have been charged with a joint count of murder and another of child cruelty. They have both pleaded not guilty to both charges. Prosecutors accused the couple of trying to paint Farhan as a jealous and naughty son and of lying about the attack they had inflicted on the baby.
South China Morning Post
13-05-2025
- South China Morning Post
Couple blamed other son for 7-week-old boy's death, Hong Kong court hears
A couple accused of murdering their seven-week-old son tried to shift blame to their other child when questioned by Hong Kong police over the infant's rib fractures and bleeding under the skull, a court has heard. Imran Hossain, 32, and wife Farzana Akter, 29, appeared at the High Court on Tuesday over the death of their newborn, Iyman Hossain. The boy died in hospital six days after he lost consciousness in the family's subdivided Sham Shui Po flat in 2019. The unemployed couple, both Hong Kong residents, have pleaded not guilty to a joint count of murder and another of child cruelty. Prosecutor Human Lam Hiu-man told a seven-member jury in her opening statements that evidence showed the infant could not have been assaulted by his brother, who was nearly two years old at the time, given the strength needed to inflict the injuries. Hospital doctors contacted police after noticing bruises on Iyman's cheeks and forehead, with scratches over a nostril and spots of bleeding on his nasal bridge. Upon medical examination, multiple thigh and rib fractures were found. The child's right first rib was broken to a level of severity that was typically seen in a car crash or a fall from a great height.
