Abby Choi case day 19 recap: Witness A's evidence, with questioning from both sides

The trial in the Abby Choi case (HCCC 198/2025) reached its 19th day at the High Court on 20 October 2026. The prosecution called a shop assistant who was allowed to testify anonymously as Witness A, a former private driver and a property agent. The property agent's evidence was not finished that day and the hearing resumed the next day. The points below follow the order of examination-in-chief, cross-examination and re-examination, and cover Witness A's evidence in court.

• In examination-in-chief, Witness A said that around noon on 8 February 2023 a man came to the shop to ask about a meat grinder, and did not say what it was for.
• Witness A said the man chose an Italian-made grinder priced about HK$2,000 to HK$3,000 above other models, and said it was of better quality and could grind meat finer.
• Witness A said the man also bought a 14-by-14-inch stockpot, a 15-inch chopping board and an 11-inch strainer.
• Witness A said the receipt for these items totalled HK$9,153 and that HK$8,700 was paid after a discount.
• Witness A said the man then asked whether the shop had a machine that could crush bones, that Witness A showed him a product catalogue and quoted about HK$35,000, and that he also asked whether the machine could handle meat with the bone in.
• Witness A said someone remarked that the machine was too expensive and it was not bought.
• Closed-circuit television footage was played in court.
• The prosecution showed Witness A items including the stockpot and chopping board one by one; after a court staff member measured them with a ruler, Witness A said the sizes of the stockpot, chopping board and strainer matched similar goods sold at the time.
• In cross-examination, Witness A agreed that the first account to police was given on 2 March 2023, about three weeks later.
• Witness A said the exact words the man used when asking about the bone-crushing machine could not be recalled, and said the man had mentioned the term bone-dissolving machine.
• The defence put it that this type of machine must be installed by a technician and can only handle small bones; Witness A said they did not know.
• Witness A said they had never sold that type of machine and agreed that few people buy it.
• In re-examination, Witness A said that, as they understood it, chicken and pork bones can go into that type of machine.

The three defendants, Anthony Kwong Kong-kit, Kwong Kau and Alex Kwong Kong-chi, are charged with murdering Abby Choi on 21 February 2023. In law, the defendants are presumed innocent until a verdict is reached.

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