Thieves

Jail for ‘inept’ British thieves who lost Chinese artefacts

9 Feb 2013

Two thieves who stole Chinese artefacts worth millions of pounds from a British museum and promptly lost them were handed lengthy jail sentences on Friday.

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Thieves steal phone from actor Ha Yu's Sai Kung home

5 Feb 2013

Thieves broke into former TVB actor Ha Yu's home in Sai Kung on Monday morning and escaped with just a mobile phone after Ha's son fought with one of them.

Two men, in their 20s, got into...

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Thefts, deception cases on the rise in Central

7 Sep 2007

Crime rose 13.5 per cent in the Central district in the first seven months of this year, compared with an overall increase of 1.7 per cent citywide, police revealed yesterday.

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Cheat's sentence cut by six months

23 Jun 2007

The 30-month sentence of a man who cheated investors out of more than HK$1.26 million has been cut by six months. Au Wing-kun, 53, pleaded guilty in the District Court to four fraud counts...

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22 Dec 2006

Question 1

A bad argument

Pete is having an argument with his mum. Mum is very angry. Circle the box that shows what caused the argument.

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Hit and run: sobhraj's deadly reputation

28 Jan 2004

Sobhraj's alleged victims:

Thailand, 1975: Californian Jennifer Bolliver's body was washed ashore at Pattaya. A postmortem examination showed she had been forcibly drowned.

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Chen Guangcheng misled by his new right-wing 'friends'

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Thief, 76, up to old tricks

A 76-year-old thief was handed a 28-month sentence by the District Court for his 25th burglary-related offence in a 41-year criminal career. Hui Kwong-ming admitted robbing a flat in Hunghom on...

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Seven face court on coffin-theft claims

Seven Urban Services Department staff have been charged with stealing from coffins at Cape Collinson Crematorium covering a period of 23 years.

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Theft alleged

Three men will appear in North Kowloon Court today jointly charged with the theft of $11,000 from a man in Shamshuipo.

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Tiffany's sues after theft of rings

A SALES assistant convicted of stealing nine diamond rings from Tiffany and Co is being sued for more than $212,000.

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Fan jailed for violence, theft

A Paris court yesterday sent a French fan to jail and banned him and another man from matches for three years after World Cup violence in the French capital.

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Theft 'a reward'

Housewife To Lee-fong, 36, admitted stealing a dress to reward her daughter for doing well at school and being a good sister, Eastern Court heard. She admitted stealing three dresses and a singlet...

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