Robber jailed

AN unemployed man who robbed a woman at knifepoint in a lift was yesterday sentenced to 61/2 years' jail by the High Court.

Deputy Judge Evans ordered 31/2 years of the penalty to run consecutively with a 61/2-year term Lau Kim-hing was already serving for robbery.

He staged the attack while awaiting trial for a similar offence.

The judge noted that Lau, 26, had three previous convictions of robbery and one of conspiracy to rob.

Lau had denied robbing Yu But-cheung of a watch and wounding her on April 16, 1991, but was found guilty after trial by a jury.

Ms Yu was on her way to her Mei Foo Sun Chuen home when Lau confronted her in the lift.