Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000270/2001 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 21 June 2001.
1. The appellant, Huynh Van Dung, pleaded guilty on the day of his trial, 30 November 2000, to an offence of attempted theft in Russell Street in Causeway Bay. He had been seen by members of a police anti-pickpocketing team loitering in that street, looking at the handbags of passers-by. The police officers followed him as he walked up behind two young women, one of whom was carrying a knapsack on her back. He opened the zip pocket on the knapsack and inserted his hand. However, the young woman
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