A 17-year-old boy who tried to blow up a police station in an act of revenge two years ago was sentenced to six years’ imprisonment at High Court yesterday.
Leung Kwok-hung (no relation to the lawmaker) earlier pleaded guilty to one count of making explosives with intent to endanger life or property, and one count of attempting to cause an explosion.
Both offences each bear a maximum sentence of 20 years’ imprisonment.
During sentencing, Madam Justice Esther Toh noted that Leung’s school failed to treat his dyslexia properly after he was diagnosed with the learning disability in Form 1, SCMP reports.
Instead of receiving “proper guidance and treatment”, Leung became disillusioned and started acting out, leading to him getting caught for a burglary in 2011.
According to Leung, his arresting officers’ “intimidating” behaviour motivated him to try and “make the police feel fear”.
Inspired by a comic book, Leung learned how to make explosives online and brought a box containing five test tubes of triacetone triperoxide (TATP), a highly explosive, but very unstable substance, into Aberdeen Police Station in October 2014.
Toh sentenced Leung to nine years’ imprisonment (which was reduced because he pleaded guilty) because she wanted him to “see light at the end of the tunnel”.
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