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premises and crouching down in the doorway fired two shots from his
service revolver at the robbers; one hit A6 between the fourth and
fifth fingers of his left hand causing bleeding. A6 fired twice and
one shot hit Sgt. Lau just above the right corner of his left eye;
the bullet passed through his brain and lodged in the back of his skull.
A6 was heard to express anger at there having been resistance to their
attack and to urge his comrades to see whether the Sgt. was dead, and
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if he was not, to fire further shots at him until he was. This injunction
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was ignored but the robbers proceeded to take cash and valuables from
the gamblers and those running the casino, and disappeared into the
night. They also took the Sgt's service revolver but shortly afterwards
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abandoned it in a public place in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon.
The robbery had been carefully planned. The first accused
Siu King-him had played a substantial part in this planning though he
was not present at the actual robbery; he was acquainted with the
premises and provided information to the robbers about them and the
unlawful use to which they were being put at night-time; and he
obtained the keys of the two outer doors for a short period so that
they could be duplicated to allow the robbers to enter unnoticed.
He received a share of the proceeds. On his plea he was convicted
of manslaughter and robbery on the basis that he believed that shots
would only be fired at the ceiling to frighten the victims. I sentenced
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him to 8 years imprisonment on each of the two counts, to be served
concurrently.
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The second and fourth accused pleaded guilty to the robbery
count and were each sentenced to 12 years imprisonment.
The second
accused also pleaded guilty to being in possession of the fatal .38"
revolver and the .22" Magnum palm gun and 27 rounds of ammunition
for these two weapons which were found in his quarters upon his arrest
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