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| Heng Fa Chuen estate in Chai Wan |
Two Filipinas who clashed in a flat in Heng Fa Chuen in February, resulting in both of them being charged at Eastern Court with assault occasioning actual bodily harm, have been cleared of the charges after accepting a bind-over agreement.
Prosecutors withdrew the charges against Rita and Evangeline, both domestic helpers, after they agreed to be bound to a promise not
to commit another offense for one year, or they will be fined $1,000
each.
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| PINDUTIN PARA SA DETALYE |
Under Hong Kong laws, a bindover is neither a conviction nor a punishment, but a conditional discharge. The alleged offence is not recorded unless the defendant breaches the bindover condition.
“It is a preventative measure whereby a person enters into a
recognisance before the court (gives a promise) to engage in good behavior and
to keep the peace for a period not exceeding three years,” according to the
Community Legal Information Centre.
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| Basahin ang detalye! |
The charges against Rita, 57 years old, and Evelyn, 47
years old, were for violation of section
39 of the Offences against the Person Ordinance which is punishable with a maximum sentence of one year in
prison.
The two were charged after being arrested for assaulting each other inside a flat in Block 11 of Heng Fa Chuen in Chai Wan last Feb. 6.
