5 May 2022明報#1970
Delivery courier jailed six months for spray-painting “Black cops, may their whole families die” in mall toilet; judge questions police-abuse claim and calls defendant dishonest
30歲外賣速遞員涉去年初在葵涌廣場男廁內塗鴉，寫上「黑警死全家」等字句，他否認兩項刑事損壞罪受審，裁判官陳慧敏今（5日）在西九龍裁判法院裁定他兩罪罪成，判監6個月，須向商場賠償1000元清潔費。陳官判刑時指，涉案字句或會激發持不同態度者的情緒，雖被告單獨行事，但黑衣打扮令人難以辨認，兩度塗鴉反映有預謀犯案，須判處即時監禁。
A 30-year-old food-delivery courier was accused of writing “Black cops, may their whole families die” and other phrases in a men's toilet at Kwai Chung Plaza early last year. He denied two counts of criminal damage and stood trial. Magistrate CHAN Wai-mun convicted him of both charges today (the 5th) at West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts and sentenced him to six months in prison. He was also ordered to pay the shopping centre HK$1,000 in cleaning costs. In sentencing, Magistrate Chan said the wording could provoke the emotions of people with differing views. Although the defendant acted alone, his black clothing made him difficult to identify, and the two instances of graffiti showed that the offences were premeditated, warranting immediate imprisonment.
4 May 2022獨媒#1962
57-year-old man admits urging invalid votes in Facebook posts, gets two-month sentence suspended for two years
57歲產品主任被指於去年立法會選舉期間，在個人Facebook專頁展示帖文，寫有「當廢票多過有效票，我們清楚告訴了世界，香港人反對這樣的選舉」等字眼，並分享至其他專頁，煽惑他人投白票或廢票。他早前承認兩項在選舉期間煽惑另一人不投票或投無效票罪，今（4日）在西九龍裁判法院判囚2個月，緩刑2年。裁判官鄭念慈指，此類案件嚴重，涉及選舉的案件需考慮即時監禁，而報告指被告因要回內地工作，不適合社會服務令，故只剩下監禁選項。
A 57-year-old product officer was accused of displaying a post on his personal Facebook page during last year’s Legislative Council election that said, among other things, “When invalid votes outnumber valid votes, we have clearly told the world that Hong Kong people oppose this kind of election”. He also shared the post to other pages, inciting others to cast blank or invalid ballots. He earlier pleaded guilty to two counts of inciting another person during an election not to vote or to cast an invalid vote. He was sentenced today (the 4th) at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts to two months’ imprisonment, suspended for two years. Magistrate Cheng Nim-chi said such cases were serious and that cases involving elections required consideration of immediate imprisonment. A report said the defendant was unsuitable for a community service order because he needed to return to the mainland for work, leaving imprisonment as the only option.
3 May 2022獨媒#1956
[PolyU Siege] Three Convicted of Rioting; One Jailed for 35 Months and Two Students Sent to Training Centre
2019年11月警方圍封理大，有人號召「圍魏救趙」，警方凌晨於尖沙咀厚福街一棟唐樓的樓梯及天台拘捕11人。其中3人上月被裁定罪成，今（3日）在區域法院判刑。25歲平面設計師判囚35個月；兩名案發時16及17歲、現分別就讀護理系及心理學系的學生，均被判入教導所。法官林偉權指，雖然無證據顯示被告親身作暴力行為，但他們蓄意裝備自己加入暴動人群。他又強調主謀者要受到嚴重懲罰，但附和者亦不應輕判。
In November 2019, police cordoned off the Polytechnic University. After someone called for people to “besiege Wei to rescue Zhao”, police arrested 11 people in the stairwell and on the rooftop of a tenement building on Hau Fook Street, Tsim Sha Tsui, in the early hours. Three of them were convicted last month and sentenced today (the 3rd) in the District Court. A 25-year-old graphic designer was jailed for 35 months, while two students, who were aged 16 and 17 at the time of the incident and are now studying nursing and psychology respectively, were both sent to a training centre. Judge Dominic Wai Kuen Lam said that although there was no evidence that the defendants had personally engaged in violent acts, they had deliberately equipped themselves to join the rioting crowd. The judge also stressed that the masterminds should receive severe punishment, but those who followed them should not be given lenient sentences.
29 Apr 2022獨媒#1950
Two plead guilty to rioting over 10.1 Yau Ma Tei unrest; single mother jailed 2½ years, 21-year-old sent to training centre
2名涉2019年國慶日油麻地暴動案人士承認「暴動」罪，分別被判囚兩年半及入教導所。
Two people involved in the 2019 National Day Yau Ma Tei riot case pleaded guilty to rioting. They were sentenced to two and a half years’ imprisonment and a training centre order, respectively.
28 Apr 2022獨媒#1947
Lee Cheuk-yan Convicted of Releasing Balloons and Obstructing Police on New Year’s Day Last Year; Fined $3,500 and Jailed for Three Weeks
李卓人涉2021年元旦放飛掛有「釋放政治犯」直幡的氣球， 被控「受管制空域放飛氣球」及「阻差辦公」罪成，判囚3週及罰款$3,500。
Lee Cheuk-yan was convicted of releasing a balloon carrying a vertical banner reading “Release Political Prisoners” on New Year’s Day 2021. He was convicted of releasing a balloon in controlled airspace and obstructing a police officer in the execution of duty, and sentenced to three weeks’ imprisonment and fined $3,500.
28 Apr 2022獨媒#1948
Police arrest two men over alleged online incitement to attack government officials; one posted remarks two years ago
警方以涉嫌干犯「煽惑他人有意圖造成身體嚴重傷害」罪及「煽惑他人違反《預防及控制疾病規例》」罪拘捕2人，指兩人在社交媒體平台發布煽惑襲擊政府官員的言論，其中一人另涉嫌鼓勵確診者外出散播病毒。
Police arrested two people on suspicion of committing the offences of “inciting another person with intent to cause grievous bodily harm” and “inciting another person to contravene the Prevention and Control of Disease Regulation”. Police said the two had posted remarks on social media inciting attacks on government officials, while one was also suspected of encouraging confirmed patients to go out and spread the virus.
25 Apr 2022獨媒#1941
Four, including Owen Au Cheuk-hei, charged with unlawful assembly over CUHK security booth powder incident a year ago; to appear in court next month
4名涉中大保安亭撒粉事件的被捕人士被控「非法集結」罪，其中包括學生會前會長區倬僖。
Four arrested people allegedly involved in the powder-spraying incident at a CUHK security booth have been charged with unlawful assembly, including former Student Union president Owen Au Cheuk-hei.
22 Apr 2022SamuelBickett X#1937
US Lawyer Samuel Bickett Appeals Assaulting Police Conviction to Hong Kong’s Top Court
因「襲警」罪成被囚4個半月，服刑後被遣返的美籍律師 Samuel Bickett就其案件向香港終審法院提出上訴。他指，若上訴被受理，將是終審法院首次直接處理反修例期間，有關警察濫用職權的聆訊。他亦在社交媒體揭露獄中未能服藥、用餐不定時等剝奪人權的情況。
US lawyer Samuel Bickett, who was sentenced to four and a half months in prison after being convicted of assaulting a police officer and deported after serving his sentence, has appealed his case to Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal. He said that if the appeal is accepted, it would be the Court of Final Appeal’s first direct handling of a hearing concerning police abuse of power during the anti-extradition bill protests. He also revealed on social media that he had been deprived of human rights in prison, including being unable to take medication and having irregular mealtimes.
19 Apr 2022獨媒#1927
First case over inciting blank votes: two plead guilty to reposting Ted Hui’s Facebook post, receive two-month suspended sentences
2021年立法會選舉舉行期間，36歲銷售員及65歲辦公室助理涉轉載許智峯呼籲投白票的貼文被捕，兩人承認「選舉期間內作出藉公開活動煽惑另一人不投票或投無效」罪，判囚2個月緩刑18個月，為條例自去年5月生效以來的首宗案件。
During the 2021 Legislative Council election, a 36-year-old salesperson and a 65-year-old office assistant were arrested for reposting a Facebook post by Ted Hui calling on people to cast blank ballots. They pleaded guilty to the offence of inciting another person, by means of public activity during an election period, not to vote or to cast an invalid vote. Both were sentenced to two months’ imprisonment, suspended for 18 months. It was the first such case since the ordinance took effect in May last year.
19 Apr 2022獨媒#1929
Unemployed man who bit off Andrew Chiu’s left ear and slashed couple jailed for 14½ years; judge condemns act as ‘extremely barbaric’ and ‘incredible’
在2019年11月的「人鏈」活動中，1名男子咬掉時任民主派區議員趙家賢左耳，並刺傷一對夫婦，被裁定三項「蓄意傷人」及一項「普通襲擊」罪成，判囚14年半。
During a human-chain event in November 2019, a man bit off the left ear of then pro-democracy district councillor Andrew Chiu and stabbed a married couple. He was convicted of three counts of wounding with intent and one count of common assault, and sentenced to 14½ years in prison.
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