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A Filipino was convicted of common assault and criminal intimidation today but avoided getting jailed when he got off with a suspended jail sentence at Eastern Court.
J. Padilla, 50 years old and a driver, had pleaded
guilty to the two charges before Magistrate Gary Chu, who sentenced him to two
weeks’ imprisonment for common assault and four weeks for criminal intimidation, to run at the same time.
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Since both sentences were suspended for two years, Padilla need not go to jail if he behaves in the next two years. But it leaves him with a criminal record.
The common assault charge, in violation of Common Law and
punishable under section 40 of the Offences against the Person Ordinance, arose
after he assaulted a Filipina, DJ Matuba on April 6, 2026, inside ther kitchen of a
unit on 21 Horizon. Drive, Chung Hom Kok.
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The criminal intimidation charge, contrary to section
24(2)(1) of the Crimes Ordinance, arose after he threatened Matuba with injury
to her person, with intent to alarm her on the same date and place.
