Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000112/1998 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 18 March 1998.
1. The Appellant is a woman of previous good character in her 30's and had come to Hong Kong from Bangladesh on a business trip. On 6th January 1998, she appeared before Henry Ma Esquire in a Magistrate's Court sitting at South Kowloon on one charge of theft. She pleaded not guilty. But on 7th January 1998, she was convicted on that charge after trial. On the same day, that is on 7th January, she was sentenced to 9 months' imprisonment. She now appeals against both her conviction and sentence.