|
DCCC 1557/2024
[2025] HKDC 1612
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
CRIMINAL CASE NO 1557 OF 2024
------------------
|
|
HKSAR
|
|
|
|
v
|
|
|
|
RANAWEERA ARACHCHILAGE RUWAN N
|
(D1)
|
|
|
ARACHCHILAGE RUWAN NISHANTHA R
|
|
|
|
SUBRAMANIAM NAVARAJAN
|
(D2)
|
------------------
|
Before:
|
Deputy District Judge Casewell
|
|
Present:
|
Mr Tsoi Shun Cheong, Counsel on fiat, for HKSAR
|
|
|
Mr Kamlesh Arjan Sadhwani, instructed by Krishnan & Tsang, assigned by the Director of Legal Aid, for the 1
st
defendant
|
|
|
Mr Christopher Malcolm Grounds, instructed by Morley Chow Seto, assigned by the Director of Legal Aid, for the 2
nd
defendant
|
|
Offence:
|
[1] Attempted Theft（企圖盜竊罪）(against 2nd defendant only)
|
|
|
[2] Burglary（入屋犯法罪）(against both defendants)
|
-------------------------------------
REASONS FOR SENTENCE
-------------------------------------
1.
On this indictment the 2
nd
accused has entered a plea of guilty to the 1
st
charge of attempted theft of a bicycle and both defendants, both 1
st
and 2
nd
defendants, entered pleas of guilty to a 2
nd
charge of burglary occurring on 27 May 2024 at a premises described as a warehouse in Castle Peak Road in Yuen Long where 40 metres of copper wire were stolen, the grand total value being about $40,000, I understand.
2.
The facts on which the prosecution relied to prove the indictment are as follows:
So the 1
st
charge against the 2
nd
defendant concerns the theft of a bicycle. The facts show that the 1
st
prosecution witness had parked his bicycle at a car repairing shop in Yuen Long which was an open-sided workspace and the witness discovered it was missing the next day. The CCTV camera of the shop captured the 2
nd
defendant and another man trying to put the bicycle inside the motor vehicle that they had alit from. They failed to load the bicycle and left it in situ.
3.
The 2
nd
charge for which both defendants pleaded guilty concerns this warehouse in Yuen Long. The premises in question is described as a warehouse. It is said to be enclosed by metal sheets and hoardings and it was secured by a chain-link fence. Part of it is open. The entries were protected by padlocks. A certain amount of copper wire were stored there.
4.
On 27 May 2024 at around 2 o’clock in the morning, a motion detector in the warehouse showed that the warehouse had been entered. Eventually the 1
st
and 2
nd
defendants and another man were seen rummaging through the copper wire, that could be shown on the CCTV camera. Eventually the police attended and the total of the three men, that is the 1
st
and 2
nd
defendants and another man fled away. Forty metres of copper wires were stolen with a
| 
Back
