Hong Kong court grants surgeon with dementia full discharge in botox death case

A Hong Kong court has granted an absolute discharge to a 93-year-old plastic surgeon for the unlawful killing of a top banker during a botched botox injection seven years ago, concluding that no other sentencing option is suitable for him in light of his advanced dementia. The High Court said on Wednesday that the only practical way to dispose of Dr Franklin Li Wang-pong’s case was to release him unconditionally, after a jury found he could not be held criminally liable for manslaughter because...