Read the full judgment text of CACC 000108/1998 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 5 August 1998.
1. The applicants faced one charge of robbery and one charge of remaining in Hong Kong without authority. They pleaded guilty to the charge of remaining without authority and were found guilty after trial before Judge Jackson on the charge of robbery. That charge was particularized as follows - that they, on 7th November 1997, at the subway of Tai Tau Leng Tsuen, Po Shek Wu Road, Sheung Shui, robbed Cheung Suet-fung of a mobile phone, a waist bag, a wallet, an identity card, a driving licence, a