Two sisters, a 2-year-old and a 4-year-old, vomited, lost consciousness, and were sent to hospital after allegedly eating “marijuana candy” at home in June 2023. Their 25-year-old father denied two counts of child abuse and one count of drug possession and was tried at the Tuen Mun Magistrates’ Courts on Jan. 30. The police officer responsible for the arrest said that the defendant said that his daughters might have been eating marijuana candies, and said, “I put those marijuana candies in my room in a well-hidden corner. and I never thought that my two daughters would take them out to eat.” However, the defense questioned whether the defendant did make such a confession.
The defendant,t C.K.W (a construction worker), was accused of intentional abuse or negligence of 4-year-old X and two 2-year-old Y in a unit in Tin Shui Wai on June 25, 2023. He was also charged with possessing nine marijuana candies on the same day.
