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A Filipino rock climbing coach was sentenced today to five months in jail for indecent assault on a woman last Christmas, in what his lawyer described as a romantic night that became a foolish mistake.
J.J. Padua, 24 years old, pleaded guilty last July 31
at Eastern Court, admitting that he committed the indecent assault on “female
X” last Christmas day in a flat on Wood St. in Wanchai.
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Brief facts of the case read to the court indicated that he
met the woman in a Yau Ma Tei gym where he was a rock climbing coach, and they
had an “outing” on Christmas eve. They got drunk and ended up in the flat,
where he groped the woman’s private parts.
The offense is punishable under section 122(1) of the Crimes
Ordinance with up to 10 years’ imprisonment.
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Acting Principal Magistrate David Cheung put off sentencing
to today pending a probationary report he ordered because of Padua’s age.
His lawyer, in mitigation, said what could have been a
romantic night became a foolish mistake for which Padua was remorseful and had
apologized to the woman.
Magistrate Cheung then told him, “This is a serious offence.
The facts are also serious. You took advantage of the victim.”
