20 Aug 1999
HKSAR v. LI SHING Tommy
- Citation
- HKSAR v. LI SHING Tommy
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA393/1999
The court held that the magistrate rightly accepted the appellant's admissions and found he had taken cash and intended to permanently deprive the company; an asserted intention to repay later is relevant to sentence only and does not preclude theft; a dishonoured cheque would normally be returned to the company and removal and destruction of that cheque by the appellant constituted misappropriation and supported conviction, therefore the conviction was safe.