Chan Ka-chun

Serial killer
3known / alleged victims (3 +)
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Case Facts
Gender
male
Country
China
Location
China
Date of birth
1972
Age at first offence
24
Characteristics
rape, serial rapist
Victim profile
Cheung Wah-mei, 29 / Tam Ngan-hang, 23 / Yu Wai-man, 24 (hostesses)
Method of murder
Suffocation with a pillow / St abbing with knife
Date(s) of murder
1996 - 1997
Years active
1996–1997
Date of arrest
—
Status
Life imprisonment

Sentenced to life in prison on January 13, 1999

Case Summary

Overview

Chan Ka-chun was sentenced to life in prison on January 13, 1999.

Sentencing

On January 13, 1999, Chan Ka-chun was sentenced three life terms for murdering three hostesses and plotting the killing of a fourth woman. He was also given 26 years for twice raping a fourth victim who survived and plotting to murder her.

Chan Ka-chun was 27 at sentencing.

His accomplice, Chan Ki-nang, 29, who denied murdering two hostesses, was given two life sentences.

A third conspirer, Leung Sze-lai, 23, was sentenced to 12 years in jail after pleading guilty to raping the surviving victim three times and plotting to rob her. Leung Sze-lai also admitted the manslaughter of one of the hostesses.

The offence

Chan Ka-chun was found guilty of murdering three hostesses, plotting the killing of a fourth woman, and committing rapes connected with the surviving victim.

Cheung Wah-mei, 29, and Tam Ngan-hang, 23, were suffocated with a pillow.

Yu Wai-man, 24, resisted more strongly and was stabbed.

Tam Ngan-hang’s corpse was found floating in a bag at Chi Ma Wan in August 1996.

The other two bodies were recovered in March 1997 when Chan Ka-chun led police to them after his arrest.

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