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| Wanchai corner where the teenagers were arrested (Google Maps photo) |
A 16-year-old Filipino remains in jail custody despite being
granted bail at Eastern Court, charged with possession of a prohibited weapon.
The reason is that R. San Jose, listed in criminal complaints filed by police
anti-triad squads in Wanchai and Yau Tong, Kowloon, is facing a more serious
charge before the Kowloon City Court -- causing grievous bodily harm with
intent.
In a hearing on Wednesday (Feb. 4), San Jose pleaded guilty
to possession of a knuckleduster, a metal fist reinforcement meant to leave
serious injuries on opponents in fisticuffs.
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Eastern Court’s Principal Magistrate David Cheung released
San Jose on bail of $2,000 after adjourning the case to Feb. 25 to give time
for community service and probation officer reports which will be used as basis
for sentencing.
San Jose was charged along with Kokou Clement Kouakouvi, an
18-year-old student and asylum seeker from Togo, Africa, who was granted bail
of $500 after his case was adjourned to March 25.
The Wanchai Police Anti-Triad Squad accused San Jose of violation
of Section 4 of the Weapons Ordinance, after he was arrested in possession of
the weapon on April 7, 2025 on the corner of Lockhart Road and Cannon Street in
Wan Chai. Details of Kouakouvi’s case were not released.
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But San Jose remained in jail because he is facing a charge
of causing grievous bodily harm with intent, contrary to section 17(a) of the
Offences Against the Person Ordinance, for which he was remanded by the Kowloon
City Court after a hearing on Jan 30.
The charge arose from the assault on a male, Todd Warren
Tomlinson, on Nov. 29 last year inside the King George V Memorial Park Kowloon
in Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon.
A complaint by Yau Tong anti-triad police alleged that San
Jose and three other males “unlawfully and maliciously cause(d) grievous bodily
harm to … Tomlinson… with intent to do grievous bodily harm….”
