A DELIVERY worker who stroked the armpit of a primary school teacher as she sat on a bus was correctly convicted of indecent assault, a High Court judge held yesterday. Mr Justice Jones was hearing an appeal from Yeung Siu-hung, 32, who was fined $2,000 by magistrate Mr John Meredith on February 4. The 31-year-old teacher was sitting upstairs on a bus heading towards North Point on December 3. Yeung got on later and sat next to her. She said Yeung touched her under her arm, stroking her up to 10 times. She put her bag between them and Yeung swore. She complained she had been indecently assaulted and Yeung threatened to assault her but was restrained by another passenger. She agreed Yeung looked as if he were sleeping, but she was certain he was not asleep when he touched her. Yeung testified he was asleep and might have unintentionally touched her. On appeal, Mr Frederic Whitehouse said touching an armpit did not amount to indecent assault and there was no evidence to show Yeung intended to indecently assault the teacher. But the judge said the magistrate had been correct in his verdict.
