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1. The two appellants are serving soldiers in the British Army and pleaded guilty to a charge of robbery - the details being that at about 3 a.m. on 1st September of this year they picked up a taxi in the New Territories and instructed the driver to take them to Nathan Road in Kowloon. After the journey had progressed for about 25 minutes one of the appellants told the driver to stop the vehicle, pretending that he was not feeling well. This first appellant got out of the taxi, as also did the t