13-year-old Hong Kong girl sentenced for threatening to kill her mother

By Hazel Parry

Hong Kong (dpa) – A 13-year-old Hong Kong schoolgirl has been

sentenced to a two-year probation for threatening to kill her mother

for confiscating her mobile phone, a radio report said Saturday.

   The girl was arrested and put in a children’s home two weeks ago

after she grabbed two meat cleavers and a chef’s knife and made the

threats , government-run RTHK radio reported.

   She pleaded guilty to criminal intimidation at a hearing Friday in

a juvenile court where she burst into tears and asked to be allowed

to return to her parents’ home.

   Magistrate Lambert Lee put the girl, who as a juvenile cannot be

identified, on probation for two years and told her to reappear

before the court in four months’ time to report on her progress.