Hong Kong  - A Hong Kong woman was convicted Tuesday of poisoning churchgoers by giving them cakes laced with a psychotropic drug.

Jannifer Chan Mei-fung, 37, left the cakes as a gift for members of the Church of Christian and Missionary Alliance in August, the city's district court was told.

Six people became sick and two teenagers ended up in a hospital intensive care unit after the cakes were served up at a youth group meeting later the same day, the court heard.

Tests found a pscyhotropic drug inside the cakes, and police said they found the same drug when they later raided the defendant's home. She told officers it had been prescribed to her by doctors.

Unemployed Chan was found guilty of administering a poison with the intention of endangering life. She had denied the charges.

Judge Joseph Yau said the defendant suffered from mild paranoia but knew right from wrong and was aware of what she was doing at the time of the offence.

Sentencing was adjourned until the end of April so a psychiatric report could be prepared. Chan was remanded in custody until her sentencing. (dpa)