Read the full judgment text of CACC 000615/1996 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 30 April 1997.
2. On 12 August 1996 a lady was waiting at a bus-stop. Wong, it is said, grabbed her neck and pointed a 6 or 7" long knife towards her and demanded her valuables. Ma snatched her bag and her finger ring. Both fled but the matter was reported to the police and they were each arrested later in the day. However, the property was recovered but not the ring and a $100 note. The applicants admitted their offences. They said they had respectively come to Hong Kong on 10 and 11 August. They had committe