Read the full judgment text of DCCC 624/2013 on BabelCite. This District Court judgment was delivered on 16 August 2013.
1. In the afternoon on 23 May 2013, the defendant snatched the necklace, valued at $9,020, from a lady in the street. Her cry for help was responded with swift chasing and subduing by two civic-minded passers-by and eventually the police. He was arrested soon after he had thrown the necklace onto the ground. This constituted the 1 st charge, theft by snatching . He admitted to the police to have hidden in a truck on its way to Hong Kong 2 days before the snatching. This constituted the 2 nd
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