Read the full judgment text of CACC 000528/2003 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 22 April 2004.
1. On 14 November 2003, following a trial before Judge Day in the District Court, the applicant was convicted of attempted robbery and taking a conveyance without authority (charges 1 and 2). At the outset of his trial, the applicant had pleaded guilty to a third charge of failing to surrender to custody without reasonable excuse, contrary to section 9L(1) and (3) of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance, Cap. 221. The applicant was sentenced to five years' imprisonment on charge 1, twelve months' im