Read the full judgment text of CACC 000776/1997 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 2 April 1998.
1. The applicant pleaded guilty to one count of robbery and was sentenced by Deputy Judge Suffiad (as he then was) to imprisonment for seven years. The count alleged that on 1st April 1997, at the Hong Kong Holiday Travel Agency, Shop No.203, 2nd floor, Rise Commercial Building, Nos.5-11 Granville Circuit, Tsimshatsui, he robbed Yip Kai-kit of a briefcase containing US$145, $25,600 Taiwan currency, $12,400 Renminbi and HK$164,700.