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| Wanchai corner where the teenagers were arrested (Google Maps photo) |
A Filipino student is awaiting his sentence after pleading guilty to possession of a prohibited weapon and conspiracy to assault occasioning actual bodily harm. His fate would be determined by reports to be submitted to the Eastern Court by a probation officer and a communty service officer.
Roldan S. San Jose, 16 years old, was granted bail of
$2,000 but is required to attend his sentencing on June 4 by Principal
Magistrate David Cheung, who made the order in a hearing on Thursday (May 21).
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His co-accused, Ohiniko Kokou Kouakouvi, an 18 year-old Togolese student and asylum seeker, had his case adjourned on June 26 to await the progress report on his alleged drug problem.
San Jose was accused in a police complaint of violating section 4 of the Weapons Ordinance, Cap. 217, Laws of Hong Kong after he was found to have in his possession a prohibited weapon -- one metal knuckleduster, a metal fist reinforcement meant to leave serious injuries on opponents in fisticuffs..
His arrest took place on April 7 last year at Lockhart Road at the
Junction of Cannon Street, Wan Chai.
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San Jose and Kouarouvi were then jointly charged with conspiring “together and with other persons unknown to assault a person unknown, with intent to cause the said person actual bodily harm,” the police complaint said.
The offense -- a violation of Common Law, section 39 of the
Offences Against the Person Ordinance and sections 159A and 1590 of the Crimes
Ordinance -- took place on or about April 7, in Hong Kong,
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For his part, Kouakouvi faces the charge of possession of a
dangerous drug, contrary to sections 8(1)(a) and (2) of the Dangerous Drugs
Ordinance, after he was found your possession of a dangerous drug, namely one
grinder containing 0.04 gram of cannabis in herbal form.
He was arrested on April 7 last year at Lockhart Road at the
Junction of Cannon Street, Wan Chai, along with San Jose.
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