Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000603/1999 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 23 November 1999.
1. This Appellant was found guilty after trial of one count of Attempting Theft, which was a pickpocketing, and one count of Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm. Originally the Magistrate sentenced him to 12 months' imprisonment in total in respect of those counts, but on review that was reduced to 6 months' imprisonment for the Attempted Theft and 1 month imprisonment for Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm. The sentences were to be concurrent, making a total of 6 months' imprisonment.