Burglar who bagged HK$900,000 worth of goods and cash in Hong Kong jailed for four years
Judge says she knows of no other burglary case involving bigger haul stolen from city homes
A debt-laden and crowbar-wielding delivery man was jailed for four years and eight months on Tuesday for burgling nine homes across Hong Kong to steal almost HK$900,000 in cash, jewellery and electronics.
Both the judge and the lawyers in the case said they could not find records of another burglary case involving higher total losses from Hong Kong homes.
Sentencing Loi Kan-chi at the High Court, Madam Justice Maggie Poon Man-kay said the scale of his ill-gotten gains was one of the aggravating factors. “[He is] absolutely a professional criminal,” she said.
Loi, 33, pleaded guilty earlier in the day to seven counts of burglary and two of attempted burglary between May 2014 and January 2015. He broke into properties across Kowloon, Hong Kong Island and the New Territories.
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His co-defendant Wong Wai-leung, 36, also admitted a burglary charge, for his involvement in one of the break-ins.
Poon sentenced Wong to 26 months in jail, noting his record of burglaries, and his conspiracy with Loi.