 |
| The Filipina's case was resolved at West Kowloon Courts |
A Filipina got off lightly at West Kowloon Court from a case of assault, after she accepted a bind-over agreement in which she promised not to reoffend in the next 12 months, or else she will be fined $1,000.
Under this arrangement, C. Bernadas, 30 years old, need not pay the fine
if she does not commit any similar offense within the one-year period.
But Bernadas was made to pay $1,000 in court costs by Principal
Magistrate Ivy Chui during a hearing held on Friday (June 21), deductible from her bail of the same amount.
 |
| PINDUTIN DITO |
The case was subsequently withdrawn by prosecutors, so it
will not leave a criminal record on her history of stay in Hong Kong.
Bernadas, a domestic helper, was accused of assault occasioning
actual bodily harm, contrary to Common Law and punishable under the Offenses
against the Person Ordinance.
Under the ordinance, the punishment for this offense can be
up to 3 years’ imprisonment.
 |
| TAWAG NA! |
The case arose after an altercation between Bernadas and a
local resident named Jiang Suk-Mei Susanna in a flat at Mei Foo Sun Chuen in
Cheung Sha Wan last Feb. 12.
The altercation became physical, resulting in the police
being called and Bernadas charged with assault.
However, the two parties appeared to have reached an out-of-court
settlement, prompting the prosecution to propose the bind-over arrangement and
drop the charge against Bernadas.
.jpg) |
| Pindutin dito para sa iha pang mga detalye |
.jpg) |
| PRESS FOR DETAILS |
