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| Kornhill Plaza Parking area, where J.A.B. was arrested (Google Maps photo) |
A 19-year-old Filipino arrested at Kornhill Plaza in Quarry Bay holding a pair of scissors and pleaded guilty at Eastern Court to possession of offensive weapon in a public place, was sentenced today to three months in jail.
This came after Principal Magistrate David Cheung considered
the Detention Centre, Rehabilitation Centre and Psychiatric reports he had
ordered to guide his decision on the fate of J.A.B., whom he sent to Siu Lam
Hospital, known as Hong Kong’s top hospital for mental ailments, after the previous hearing last Nov, 26.
In that hearing, J.A.B. had pleaded guilty to violating section 33(1) and (2)
of the Public Order Ordinance.
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Under the ordinance, people of his age may be sentenced to
stays in jail of up to three years or confinement in a Detention Centre or
Rehabilitation Centre.
Police had charged J.A.B. of having an
offensive weapon, a pair of scissors, “without lawful authority or reasonable
excuse” last Aug. 15 “in a public place near bus stop, outside Kornhill Plaza
(South), No. 2 Komhill Road, Quarry Bay.”
In sentencing J.A.B., Magistrate Cheung chose a starting point
of six months, from which he took out one-third or two months as discount for J.A.B.’s
guilty plea. He then deducted another month, leaving the final sentence to
three months.
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In her appeal for a lenient sentence, J.A.B.’s lawyer said
he has had mental problems since high school, and he suffers from depression, aas well as “mental retardation
and borderline intelligence.”
She said his symptoms eased during his court-ordered stay at
Siu Lam, and he has expressed eagerness to go back to school and undergo therapy.
