{"id":789,"date":"2023-07-18T02:02:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T18:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/?p=789"},"modified":"2023-09-04T16:27:50","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T08:27:50","slug":"coroners-court-hears-inquest-of-a-deaf-and-dumb-psychiatric-patient-jumped-from-height-shortly-after-his-discharge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/en\/coroners-court-hears-inquest-of-a-deaf-and-dumb-psychiatric-patient-jumped-from-height-shortly-after-his-discharge\/","title":{"rendered":"Coroner&#8217;s Court hears inquest of a deaf-and-dumb psychiatric patient jumped-from-height shortly after his discharge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<section class=\"section news-detail-section\" id=\"section_1168494885\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-1663526370\" class=\"text breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #627A80;\nfont-family: Merriweather;\nfont-size: 13px;\nfont-style: normal;\nfont-weight: 400;\nline-height: 150%; \/* 19.5px *\/\nletter-spacing: 0.39px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/\">Home<\/a> \/ <a href=\"\/news\/\">News<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1168494885 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n  padding-bottom: 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\t<section class=\"section news-detail-section\" id=\"section_621223060\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-2065694952\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-939949952\" class=\"col medium-12 small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-3862483264\" class=\"text h3\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>Coroner&#8217; Court hears inquest of a deaf and dumb psychiatric patient who jumped-from-height shortly after his discharge<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"text-2767102649\" class=\"text h5\">\n\t\t\n\n<p><strong>Re : Chung Chi Keung (\u937e\u5fd7\u5f37)<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-2767102649 {\n  font-size: 1.25rem;\n  text-align: left;\n  color: #003d4c;\n}\n#text-2767102649 > * {\n  color: #003d4c;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"text-4136955696\" class=\"text txt-bold\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>18 July 2023<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_504550478\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Slide5-1024x576.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Slide5-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Slide5-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Slide5-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Slide5-18x10.png 18w, https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Slide5.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_504550478 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"gap-686846891\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-686846891 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #gap-686846891 {\n    padding-top: 40px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<p>The Coroner\u2019s Court hears a death inquest of a deaf and dumb psychiatric patient who jumped-from-height approximately 18 hours after his discharge from the psychiatric ward.<\/p>\n<p>The Court heard evidence from the deceased&#8217;s family, social worker of the deceased, the Case Medical Officer who treated the deceased during his admission, a psychiatrist as an independent expert, and other witnesses.<\/p>\n<p>Simon So (with Herman Ho) represented the deceased\u2019s family in the death inquest. The death inquest (initially listed with 4 days reserved) lasted for 6 days. The Coroner left three verdicts to the jury: (i) the deceased killed himself; (ii) the deceased killed himself <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>whilst the balance of his mind was disturbed<\/strong><\/span><\/em>; and (iii) open verdict. The jury unanimously found that the deceased killed himself <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>whilst the balance of his mind was disturbed<\/strong><\/span><\/em>. 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