Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000391/1988 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment.
1. The events with which this appeal was concerned took place on the late evening of 12th September 1987 in the streets behind the Lee Gardens Hotel. The Appellant was alleged to have been acting in concert with one, Yip Wing Ho, and a taxi driver (using his taxi) in a pickpocketing enterprise. Yip was arrested on the spot and subsequently convicted, while the Appellant was not arrested till some four months after the event.