Asylum seeker jailed for carrying machete in public place

 

The Filipino asylum seeker was sentenced in Tuen Mun Court

A Filipino asylum seeker was jailed for two months after he admitted carrying a machete in a public place and damaging a door with it.

Cristopher Farol, 44 years old, was sentenced to two months’ imprisonment for possession of an offensive weapon in a public place and two weeks’ imprisonment for criminal damage.

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In a hearing today at Tuen Mun Court, Magistrate Raymond Wong also ordered that the two penalties run at the same time, resulting in a total sentence of two months.

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The first charge, violation of the Public Order Ordinance, arose on Dec. 22 last year when police found the large knife in his possession, “without lawful authority and reasonable excuse”on Hin Fat Lane in Tuen Mun.

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On the same occasion, he also damaged the wooden door of a house belonging to Eusebio Serios Jr. using the machete, “without lawful excuse.” No other incident was alleged.

For this, he was charged with violation of the Crimes Ordinance.

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