A Hong Kong man has been jailed for seven years for killing a three-month-old boy under his care, after a court heard the defendant had thrust a cotton bud into the baby’s throat and scorched him with hot air from a hairdryer.
Jerry Ip Chun-yin, 38, on Tuesday admitted to manslaughter by gross negligence for abusing the infant whom he had promised to look after for his wife’s friend in August 2022.
The High Court also recorded a guilty plea from Ip and his spouse Lam Ka-hei, 27, for child…