A university graduate, Cheung Chung-man, tried to rob an electronic appliance shop where he worked with an airgun. The Court of First Instance convicted him to one count of attempted robbery and sentenced him to four years and eight months in jail.
Cheung pleaded with the court saying that he was desperate to repay his credit card debt of HK$28,000, for which his lawyer claimed had been money used to pay for student association activities. Cheung’s lawyer also claimed that Cheung was ashamed to ask his parents for money, for which his parents would have helped him settle if he had asked reports the SCMP.
Cheung was also able to gather 40 letters of support and forgiveness from former colleagues he had tried to rob.
Deputy Judge Woo Kwok-hing expressed being moved by the letters and felt that Law, who Cheung had held at gunpoint to open a safe, was genuine in forgiving Cheung.
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