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Monday, June 18, 1973
MAGISTRATE PRAISES QUICK-THINKING WAITRESS
A Western Court Magistrate; Mr. E. Light, today complimented a
waitress of a coffee shop in Central and a police constable for their joint
effort in arresting a robber.
Mr. Light commended them after he imprisoned a 23-year-old man,
Yiu Tak-shing, for two years on a charge of robbery.
Yiu went to a coffee shop in Prince's Building on June 4 and
threatened the cashier and a waitress at the counter with a knife.
He warned them: "Don't move or I will stab." Yiu then seized
$775 in cash and escaped.
The waitress chased after him, raising a hue and cry. A Police
Constable caught Yiu in Des Voeux Road Central, and Yiu was subdued after a
struggle.
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Yiu, who has no previous conviction, pleaded guilty to the charge and
asked for leniency, saying that his whole family depended upon him for support.
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