Asylum seeker gets 2 months jail for slashing plastic cones

The toilet where the offense was committed (Google Maps photo) For slashing two plastic safety cones placed inside a women’s toilet in Sham Shui Po, a 39-year-old asylum seeker was jailed for two months after she pleaded guilty at West Kowloon Court. R. Lagud, who holds a recognizance form as her identity document, was charged with criminal damage contrary to section 60(1) of the Crimes Ordinance, for which she pleaded guilty when she appeared in court today. PINDUTIN PARA SA DETALYE The offense was committed on Nov. 17 last year at the women’s public toilet at Apliu st., Sham Shui Po. She was also charged with possession of offensive weapon contrary to section 17 of the Summary Offences Ordinance, after she was found to be carrying a 13cm cutter “with intent to use the said weapon for unlawful purposes,’ according to a Sham Shui Po police complaint. Basahin ang detalye! However, this charge was withdrawn by prosecutors. Principal Magistrate Don So also cancelled the warrant of arrest issued against her when she failed to appear in court in a previous hearing.