Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000398/2002 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 2 July 2002.
1. This is an appeal against conviction and sentence. The appellant, who suffers from schizophrenia and psychosis, was convicted after trial of the theft of two bottles of whisky from a supermarket, being the first charged offence, and of the theft of a credit card, being the second charged offence; both offences being contrary to section 9 of the Theft Ordinance, Cap. 210.