Read the full judgment text of CACC 000334/1997 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 12 November 1997.
1. The Applicant was convicted in the District Court on 5th June 1997 of one charge of robbery contrary to s.10(1) and (2) of the Theft Ordinance, Cap.210, following a contested trial before His Honour Judge Sweeney. The Applicant pleaded guilty at the outset of his trial to a second charge which alleged that he remained in Hong Kong without authority from the Director of Immigration having landed here unlawfully contrary to s.38(1)(b) of the Immigration Ordinance, Cap.115. On the first charge t