Read the full judgment text of HCCC 117/2014 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 26 May 2014.
9. It is, of course, true that the victim had been frightened by the prop, but the fact remains that the roll of newspapers was not a weapon and did not conceal one. The victim was never at risk of any physical harm from its use. In our view, if the same sentence is given, whether a knife is displayed or where a roll of newspapers is displayed, albeit as a dummy weapon, there would be little disincentive to the actual use of a knife.”
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