Jerome Lau jailed for indecent assault
Jerome Lau Ting-sing was released on bail on Thursday, pending appeal, after being jailed for 17 months for indecently assaulting male models.
Businessman Jerome Lau Ting-sing was released on bail on Thursday, pending appeal, after being jailed for 17 months for indecently assaulting male models and threatening to publicise explicit photos of them.
The Court of Appeal’s Mr Justice Robert Tang Ching said he granted Lau’s application for bail because the earliest day the appeal could be heard would be April next year.
By that time Lau would have served his whole sentence, rendering the appeal meaningless, he said.
After spending about four months in jail, “Dandy Lau”, as the 62-year-old is commonly known, sobbed and shook with emotion as he heard that he would be freed on bail. Lau is appealing against his conviction and the severity of the sentence. He was released on HK$50,000 bail, ordered not to leave Hong Kong and to surrender his travel documents.
About three hours after bail was granted, Lau emerged wearing a fedora, sunglasses, black boots and slim-fit jeans – all supplied by his lawyer – and left in a taxi. More than 20 reporters and photographers had waited for him for hours.
He did not take answer questions, but nodded his head when asked whether the first thing he would do was visit his bedridden 92-year-old mother.