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B IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE B
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
CRIMINAL CASE NO. 1365 OF 2011
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HKSAR
E v. E
Cheung Hok-kin
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Before: Deputy District Judge A. Tse
Date: 17 February 2012 at 2.35 pm
H Present: Mr Bobby Cheung, PP of the Department of Justice, for H
HKSAR
Mr Chan Tin-lup, Trevor, of W T Law Offices, assigned
I by the Director of Legal Aid, for the Defendant I
Offence: Possession of arms without a licence (無牌管有槍械)
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K Reasons for Sentence K
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M 1. Defendant, you pleaded guilty to the charge of possession M
of arms without a licence, contrary to section 13 of the
N Firearms and Ammunition Ordinance and admitted the facts. N
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2. You have a clear record and you are only 22. According
to the report, you were only educated up to Form 1 without
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completing it. You could not stay in a job for very long. Your
Q parents are busy at work trying to make a living and supervision Q
is ineffective and insufficient.
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(Discussion between Court and counsel re defendant being
S remanded in Siu Lam) S
3. Your working pattern is unstable because you are lazy,
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and after quitting your job in October 2011, you remained
U jobless, and you only stayed out with like-minded peers until U
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late at night and visited amusement games centres and cyber
café.
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C 4. I bear in mind that the air pistol that you had was not C
loaded. However, very serious crimes could still be committed
D without a loaded weapon, for example robbery. D
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5. I think in all the circumstances a period of disciplinary
training would be beneficiary to your rehabilitation. I make a
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DC order.
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(A. Tse)
J Deputy District Judge J
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