Celebrating with our client who found some redress to horrific abuse suffered

Jul 6

We celebrate with our client whose trafficker, Brian Dew Apthorp, was convicted on 2 July 2021 at the Eastern Magistrate’s Court (ESCC 2267/2020) of two counts of indecent assault including (1) having indecently assaulted another person on 11 September 2018; and (2) having indecently assaulted another person between November 2018 and 4 April 2019. He was sentenced to 30 months imprisonment. Despite the positive result, our client does not believe that the conviction reflects the severity of the crime suffered. This is largely due to the fact that human trafficking is not a criminal offence in Hong Kong. This status quo will be challenged by her in an upcoming judicial review.

Statement from Patricia Ho & Associates

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Press

7 March 2021 The Sun HK: Retired British doctor accused of indecent assault on FDH during massage, whipping sessions

2 July 2021 South China Morning Post: US adds national security law to list of concerns as Hong Kong left on annual human-trafficking report’s ‘watch list’

2 July 2021 RTHK: HK govt slams ‘biased’ US human trafficking report

2 July 2021 The Straits Times: Abused domestic worker to challenge Hong Kong's trafficking record

3 July 2021 Taipei Times: Abused domestic worker challenges HK on trafficking

15 July 2021 South China Morning Post: Hong Kong doctor, 83, jailed for molesting his domestic helper in abuse spanning 8 months

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