Read the full judgment text of CACC 001285/1977 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. The three appellants were charged with two others not before this Court, with the offence of attempted robbery contrary to section 10 of the Theft Ordinance. All three pleaded guilty to the alternative offence of common assault and were sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment each. In addition, the first and third appellants pleaded guilty to being in possession of offensive weapons in a public place contrary to section 33(1) of the Public Order Ordinance. For this, they were each sentenced