Prosecutors earlier accepted homemaker Stephanie Tam had suffered major depressive disorder episode during murder-suicide bid in 2022
A Hong Kong court has sentenced a mother to nine months of inpatient psychiatric treatment at a prison facility after she admitted to killing her son when she attempted suicide three years ago.
The High Court on Tuesday adopted two psychiatrists’ recommendations to send homemaker Stephanie Tam Wai-man to Siu Lam Psychiatric Centre in Tuen Mun.
She was earlier held on remand for more than three years over the death of her 16-month-old son, Jasper Hui Wai-nam, in May 2022.
The 45-year-old defendant pleaded guilty last month to manslaughter on the basis of diminished responsibility after prosecutors accepted she was suffering from a severe episode of major depressive disorder when she burned charcoal alongside her child at their public rental flat in Yuen Long’s Shui Pin Wai Estate.
