Man denies hitting and biting his wife
A man went on trial yesterday accused of hitting and biting his wife, an attack that allegedly sent her scrambling out of a window in fear and left her with a fractured thumb and lacerated ear.
Sammy Wu Wai-hau, 47, has been charged with one count of wounding with intent. He pleaded not guilty at District Court.
Wu is accused of injuring his wife of five years, Yeung Man, 42, at their home in Sham Shui Po on November 10 last year. They have two children.
In the early hours of the day of the alleged assault, Wu said his elder sister had refused to lend him money and he grew fretful.
Later, after the children had left for school, Wu started drinking alcohol and accused Yeung of having an affair, said Vivian Yeung, the prosecutor.
"The defendant suddenly hit [his wife's] head four or five times," she said. He also bit her hands. When Yeung wanted to call police, Wu tore at the cord, disconnecting it. He bit her left ear, causing part of it, the wife says, to "fall off", the prosecutor told the court.
The woman hid in the bathroom, the prosecutor said. Then, out of fear, she climbed out of a window in the living room of their second-floor flat, onto a platform outside, which was 10 metres off the ground.
Wu followed and threatened to throw her off, the court heard. She grabbed some drainpipes. Wu tried to loosen her grip, and when he could not, he bit her back and fingers. Police arrived and found him biting the back of her neck, and arrested him.
A doctor's report said she sustained multiple bite marks, lacerations to her ear, and a thumb fracture.
The trial continues on Monday before Deputy Judge So Wai-tak.
