A 31-year-old Hong Kong man has been found guilty of murdering his parents, dismembering their bodies and storing their heads in refrigerators.
A nine-member jury found Henry Chau guilty by a 8-1 vote, according to an report Saturday in the South China Morning Post.
Chau was "an extremely dangerous man" judge Michael Stuart-Moore said Friday.
"Henry Chau is always blaming anyone but himself. He is a complete failure in life and soul," he added, in agreeing with the jury's decision.
Chau's co-accused, Tse Chun-kei, 38, was unanimously acquitted of the same charges and walked free from the Chinese territory's High Court having already been in custody for two years.
Both men had earlier pleaded guilty to charges of preventing the lawful burial of Chau's father Chau Wing-ki, 65, and his mother, Siu Yuet-yee, 63.
Chau maintained a calm manner as the verdict was delivered, according to the report, while Tse almost cried when he heard he would be freed.
Judge Stuart-Moore ordered Tse's immediate release.
Chau's sentencing is scheduled for Monday.
Earlier, the court had been told that Chau's parents had gone with their son to Tse's flat March 1, 2013, and then disappeared.
A few days later, Henry Chau accompanied his elder brother, Chau Hoi-ying, to look for their parents. While making a police report, Chau sent a Whatsapp text messages to friends admitting to the killings.
Chau was arrested with Tse March 15, 2013.
Police found the bodies chopped into pieces, with their heads stored in two refrigerators in Tse's flat. Chau admitted he had knifed his parents to death and alleged Tse was his partner in crime.
Tse denied having been party to the plan, claiming Chau had shown him a box of human remains and threatened to hurt his mother.
In an earlier interview, Chau said he decided to kill his parents because they were the ones who put the most pressure on him.
He claimed his father was arrogant, and never gave him a moment's peace, while his mother always looked at him sadly when he did not contribute to the family.
"I thought that if I could resolve the emotional connection with my parents, it would be a solution... If they died, I could be reborn," he said in a video interview shown in the Court of First Instance Aug 10, 2014.
Chau claimed Tse was in charge of disposal of the bodies, suggesting that they covered the remains with cement and sand to disguise them as bricks, or cooked them so they resembled barbecued pork and could then be put out with the rubbish.
But the "bricks" were too heavy and the "meat" did not look like pork, the South China Morning Post reported Chau as saying.
