A 39-year-old mechanic has been sentenced to eight years in prison over the 2015 garage explosion in Wong Tai Sin that killed three people, RTHK reports. Lai Chun-ho He was found guilty of three counts of manslaughter and of gross negligence unanimously by a seven-member jury. His employer, a taxi driver and a woman next store were killed in the blast that occurred on April 26, four years ago. She said the garage’s shutter was almost closed to cover the illegal act, which also led to an increase in concentration of the LPG gas there. After hearing the sentence, Lai and his family members, including his wife, burst into tears.

Source: The Standard August 17, 2020 04:18 UTC