HKSAR v. Asif Ahfaq Mehmood and Others

Read the full judgment text of HCCC 138/2020 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 16 December 2021.

Cited by 4 cases

Case No.HCCC 138/2020[2022] HKCFI 40
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High Court CFI
Date16 Dec 2021
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HCCC 138/2020

[2022] HKCFI 40

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

CRIMINAL CASE NO 138 OF 2020

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  HKSAR  
  v  
  Asif Ahfaq Mehmood (A1)
  Nabeel (A2)
  Kwok Ching-lok  (A3)

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Before:  Hon Campbell-Moffat J
Date:  16 December 2021 at 4.55 pm
Present:  Mr Duncan Percy, on fiat, for HKSAR
  Mr Peter Pannu, instructed by Eric Cheung & Lau, assigned by DLA, for the 1st accused
  Mr Maurice Tracy, instructed by Chaudhry Solicitors, assigned by DLA, for the 2nd accused Mr Newman Wong, instructed by Francis Kong & Co, assigned by DLA, for the 3rd accused
Offence:   Robbery (搶劫罪)

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Transcript of the Audio Recording
of the Sentence in the above Case

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COURT: I know you are mightily relieved at the verdicts of the jury as you should be. I am hoping, sincerely hoping, that you have learnt a lesson from your incarceration, and that it is never something you should be proud of that you appear, gentlemen, all of you, to be guns for hire for whoever wants somebody thumped. You should not be proud of yourselves at all. You live in Hong Kong. We want our society to be safe, and we want you to be safe. I do not want you assaulted either. And I sincerely hope that you will go away, having learnt a very significant lesson on this.

I am going to sentence you to the maximum sentence that can be given for common assault, which is 1 year, which will mean that you will be released, subject to processing, immediately.