Read the full judgment text of DCCC 000342/2009 on BabelCite. This District Court judgment was delivered on 14 July 2009.
1. The defendant pleads guilty to one charge of abandoning a child, under two years of age, whereby the life of the child was endangered, contrary to section 26 of the Offences against the Person Ordinance, Chapter 212 (charge 1) and one charge of possession of Part 1 poisons, contrary to sections 23(1), 33(1) and 34 of the Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance, Chapter 138 (charge 4). The maximum sentence for these offences is 10 years and 2 years imprisonment respectively.