Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000371/1996 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 3 May 1996.
1. The appellant pleaded guilty before a magistrate at Tuen Mun to one offence of theft. The facts admitted by the appellant are these. He was stopped by officers on anti crime patrol at a commercial complex. He was found to have on him five bottles of shampoo, the total value of which was $349.50. The goods belonged to Watson's. The appellant admitted to the arresting officer he stole the shampoo. In mitigation, he told the magistrate that he had leg problem and a 10 year old daughter and relie