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The judgment noted that on 29 September 2019, the defendant took part in an unauthorised assembly at the junction of Leighton Road and Wong Nai Chung Road in Causeway Bay, where there was a confrontation with riot police. The defendant assaulted officers with a hiking stick and a laser device, and had spray paint and an unlicensed radio transceiver concealed in his rucksack. He subsequently admitted four offences: riot, possession of an offensive weapon, intent to damage property, and possession of an unlicensed radio communications device.
The maximum sentence for riot is ten years’ imprisonment; sentencing must consider factors such as premeditation, the number of participants, the nature of any weapons and the level of violence, duration, consequences, and the defendant’s role; the offence of possessing an unlicensed radio communications device is usually dealt with by a fine; other offences are sentenced according to their respective guidelines.
In this case, the demonstration was spontaneous and of moderate scale. The defendant was only involved in a frontline assault on officers with no leadership role. He pleaded guilty early and demonstrated genuine remorse. As a first-time offender under considerable family and psychological pressure, he met the criteria for a reasonable reduction in sentence.
The judge considered that although there was violence and disruption of order, the organisation and impact were limited. Punishment should be balanced with the defendant’s background and remorse. Therefore, an early guilty plea reduction was applied and the sentences were ordered to run concurrently.
The defendant was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for riot, six months’ imprisonment for possession of an offensive weapon, and four weeks’ imprisonment for possession of spray paint with intent to damage property, and was fined HK$2,000 for possessing an unlicensed radio communications device; the first three terms are to run concurrently with a three-month deduction, resulting in a total imprisonment term of 33 months. (Translated from Chinese to English by AI)
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