Read the full judgment text of CACC 000540/2002 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 18 February 2003.
1. On 8 October 2002, the Applicant was convicted after trial of the offences of false imprisonment, blackmail and assault with intent to cause acts to be done. These offences all related to the extortion of a failed Macau gambler who had resorted to loan sharks. The false imprisonment took place at a karaoke bar on 13 August 2001. The blackmail and assault took place at the victim's home later that day. These offences were committed in Hong Kong of course.