Read the full judgment text of DCCC 691/2010 on BabelCite. This District Court judgment was delivered on 17 January 2011.
1. The Defendant pleaded guilty to a charge of wounding (2 nd charge), contrary to section 19 of the Offences against the Person Ordinance (“OAPO”), Cap. 212, and a charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm (3 rd charge), contrary to common law and punishable under section 39 of the OAPO. The wounding charge is the alternative charge to a charge of wounding with intent (1 st charge), contrary to section 17(a) of the OAPO, to which the Defendant pleaded not guilty. Mr. Yip, who prosecuted