Read the full judgment text of CACC 000045/2004 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 7 February 2006.
1. On 28 January 2004, the appellants (D1, D2 and D3 respectively) were convicted, following a trial in the District Court before Judge Sweeney, on joint charges of false imprisonment, contrary to Common Law, and blackmail, contrary to sections 23(1) and (3) of the Theft Ordinance, Cap. 210. D1 was convicted on a further charge, which he faced alone, of common assault, contrary to Common Law and punishable under section 40 of the Offences Against the Person Ordinance, Cap. 212. All of these of