Read the full judgment text of DCCC 80/2017 on BabelCite. This District Court judgment was delivered on 26 April 2017.
1. Both defendants have pleaded guilty to a joint charge of burglary. On 27 November last year, they were both trespassers in a flat in a building in Johnston Road, Wanchai. They were found inside the flat by police officers. This flat is in a building that is essentially vacant. Most of the flats have been purchased by a developer whose intention is to purchase all the flats to redevelop the entire site. The flats have been vacant for some time, and as is normally the case in similar situations