Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000180/1998 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 1 May 1998.
1. The Appellant in this matter was convicted after trial of one count of attempted theft. The background facts are these. On the afternoon of 20th January of this year, two police officers in plainclothes were on duty in Central. As usual, it was crowded. The police officers saw two Filipina ladies, one of them the Appellant, and were drawn to the fact that they appeared to be showing an unusual interest in handbags carried by other persons. As a result of this, the officers decided to shadow t