Teenage holdup victim lured to flat

A TEENAGER was lured to a friend's flat and robbed by a masked man, the District Court heard yesterday.

Lau Siu-lam, 22, was found guilty of a count of robbery.

He had denied robbing Manjit Singh of a necklace and a bracelet worth a total of $5,000, outside a seventh-floor flat in Lai Tak Tsuen, North Point, on August 2 last year.

During the trial in June, Lau's co-defendants, Chan Kwok-wing, 18, and Ho Lung-wai, 16, absconded, but they were re-arrested late last month.

Ho pleaded guilty to the charge and turned prosecution witness when the trial resumed. Chan also pleaded guilty after the court submitted his statement as evidence. The pair will be sentenced today.

Deputy Judge Duggan adjourned sentencing of Lau until August 27.