Read the full judgment text of HCMA 001240/2005 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 24 February 2006.
1. This is an appeal against a sentence of 18 months’ imprisonment passed for an offence of theft. It was a pick-pocketing case. This Appellant, along with a co-accused who has not appealed, carried out the theft together. The co-accused, a large man, carried two bags of shopping in either hand and stood in the way of a short, slightly-built person who was obviously a visitor from the mainland, whilst this Appellant came up from behind him and stole from his person.