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Victims told to pay up over broken weapon

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Two teenagers were detained by a gang of assailants after refusing to pay $600 for a broken billiard cue smashed over their heads, a court heard.

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One of the victims, Wong Mei-lai, was offered the chance to repay the 'debt' by having sex with her attacker, who is still at large, prosecutor Peter Lavac told the District Court.

Judge Carlye Chu Fun-ling yesterday jailed So Yiu-keung for 15 months for false imprisonment and theft.

She sent Wu Ting-man to a training centre after finding him guilty of false imprisonment.

So, 22, admitted the two charges, while Wu, 18, denied the false imprisonment charge.

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The group detained Mei-lai, 18, and her friend Kwong Kam-to, 17, after they were beaten up in Fanling.

Mr Lavac told the court that on June 29 last year the two victims and their friends were confronted by a gang, including So and Wu. He said the man who is missing assaulted them with a billiard cue, which snapped.

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