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Monday, June 25, 1973
THREE-YEAR SENTENCES FOR ROBBERS
A 29-year-old man was sentenced to three years imprisonment by
Judge Byrne at the Kowloon District Court today (Monday) after he pleaded
guilty to charges of robbery and wounding a taxi driver.
The court was told that the defendant, Chan Wai-lam, threatened
and later stabbed the driver, Mr. Chan Ching-suen inside his taxi at
Wang Tau Hom Estate on June 6 with a pair of scissors, and then robbed
him of $96.10.
In another case in the same court, a 23-year-old man was jailed for
three-and-a-half years by Judge Lau after pleading guilty to a charge of
robbery.
The court was told that the defendant, Chung Wai-chum, threatened
a man, Mr. Yu Yan, with a screw driver on May 20 outside 64 Tong Mei Road,
Kowloon, and robbed him of $2.60 and a wrist watch.
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