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Annabelle Chavanne, 39 years old, had denied the police charge that she violated the Summary Offenses Ordinance by dropping the safe from the living room window of a flat of the man she was living with, causing a danger to any person who may have been nearby as it is a public place, in.
“The court is able to draw the irresistible conclusion” that Chavanne was guilty even if no prosecution witness testified to having seen her do it, Deputy Magistrate Cindy Li said in her verdict on Monday (Sept. 8).
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She rejected the testimony of Chevanne – that she was not drunk but had one or two glasses of wine with her girl friends, that the man had choked her and accused her of having an affair-- as evasive, inconsistent and unreliable.
Magistrate Li found the man honest, and depended on his account to establish that Chevanne arrived drunk at his flat on the night of Feb. 25, 2024 and started an argument.
He said he tried to avoid Chevanne’s temper tantrum by taking his son from his room so they could sleep together in the master bedroom that night, and locked the door, leaving her outside.
She reacted by pounding the door, shouting and demanding to be let in so she could get her luggage.
After he brought out the luggage but did not let her in, he heard noises in the living room before Chevanne left the flat.
He went out of the room and found that his safe was missing.
He looked out the window, which was open, and saw it and its contents scattered on the ground. After he went down and confirmed that it was his safe, he called police.
Magistrate Li also heard the testimony of the man’s domestic helper but set it aside since she stayed the whole time in her room listening to the argument, and did not see anything of value to the case.
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