Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000436/2000 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 7 May 2001.
1. The appellant originally faced one charge of Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm, contrary to Common Law and punishable under section 39 of the Offences against the Person Ordinance ("the said Ordinance"), Cap. 212, Laws of Hong Kong. The charge was subsequently amended to one of Common Assault, contrary to Common Law and punishable under section 40 of the said Ordinance. The appellant was found guilty of the charge after trial and was sentenced to one month imprisonment suspended for 18 m