Jury sworn for case linked to fatal stabbing of Chinese businessman

The 65-year old businessman was attacked alongside his wife after their Jeep was ambushed and forced off the road as they made their way home to Ballymena in January 2014.

Mr Cheung was stabbed 17 times during the robbery on the outskirts of Randalstown and died as a result of his wounds, whilst his wife Wendy also sustained knife wounds in the incident.

Husband and wife Gary and Lisa Thompson, who at the time of the murder lived at Cunningham Way in Antrim, have been charged with and deny a series of offences linked to the incident.

They appeared at Belfast Crown Court today where the jury was sworn. The trial - which is expected to last three weeks - is due to commence on Tuesday.

Gary Thompson (34), whose current address was given as ‘at an address approved by the PSNI and Social Services’, denies several charges including murdering Wing Fu ‘Nelson’ Cheung on a date between January 6 and 9, 2012, and of both wounding his wife Kam-Fung ‘Wendy’ Cheung and robbing her of a handbag, iPad, iPhone, a purse containing £200, an Ulster Bank card and an American Express card.

Both Gary Thompson and his 34-year old wife Lisa, whose current address is Erskine Park in Ballyclare, have also been charged jointly charged with assisting offenders, handl