Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000705/1999 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 24 November 1999.
1. The Appellant in this case appeals against a sentence of 18 months on a charge of Theft. The Appellant and an accomplice stopped a passer-by in the street in the early morning and escorted him in some manner to a staircase in a nearby building, apparently under the pretext of sharing with him some money that they had in a bag. It does not appear that the victim could actually understand what was going on, possibly because the Appellant and his accomplice were speaking Putonghua.
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