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| The gambling establishment was located in one of these buildings. (Photo from Google Maps) |
A Filipino who was arrested after he failed to appear at Eastern
Court on a charge of managing a gambling establishment, has been put in jail to
await his next hearing.
This was after Joey Florencio, 25 years old, failed to come up with the $5,000
bail by the 3pm deadline set by Magistrate Minnie Wat on Monday (May 27).
Florencio appeared before Wat after he was arrested for
failing to attend a hearing on May 22. His absence resulted in the foreiture of his original bail of $1,000.
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He was facing a charge of violating the Gambling Ordinance, after
he was arrested last March 5 in a 2nd floor flat of a building on
King’s Road in North Point.
When asked why he did not show up for the hearing, he said
he did not know there was one.
When the prosecutor stated that a summons was personally
delivered to him, Florencio said he did not read it.
Magistrate Wat said a $1,000 bail was no longer enough to
ensure his attendance, so she raised the bail to $5,000 with a 3pm deadline.
He apparently missed the deadline because he was eventually marked
as RIJC – remanded in jail custody.
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