HONG KONG, Oct 2 — The ex-husband and in-laws of a Hong Kong influencer and model crafted an elaborate plan that ended with her murder in 2023, prosecutors told the court Friday in the high-profile case.

Police discovered parts of 28-year-old Abby Choi’s dismembered body at a suburban Hong Kong property in February 2023, in a case that stunned the financial hub.

Choi’s ex-husband Alex Kwong, 31, his father Kwong Kau, 68, and brother Anthony Kwong, 35, have pleaded not guilty to murder charges and have been on trial since Wednesday. They face life in prison if convicted.

Prosecution lawyer Charlotte Draycott said that days before Choi was reported missing, the defendants bought equipment later used to cut up and dispose of Choi’s body including a mincing machine.