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| The charges were dropped after the accused agreed to be bound over |
A Filipino has walked free at Eastern Court after criminal cases of hurting his wife and threatening her with a knife were dropped as a result of a bind-over agreement.
B. Villanueva, 51, agreed to be bound over for two
years, during which he promised not to commit any act of violence, or else he
would be fined $2,000.
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| PINDUTIN DITO |
He was originally charged with one count of assault
occasioning bodily harm for allegedly hurting his wife, B. Acosta, in
the flat they shared on Fook Gay Mansion on Lockhart Road in Wan Chai on Jan 6.
Further police investigation resulted in a criminal
intimidation charge being added to his case.
In a hearing last May 22, the prosecution dropped both
charges and Magistrate Stephanie Chui ordered the confiscation of the knife
used as evidence against him.
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| TAWAG NA! |
In a hearing last Jan 10, Vilanueva was told by Magistrate
Ivy Chui to stay away from the Wan Chai flat where the alleged incident happened,
and he must give another address to the court as part of conditions for his $500
bail.
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