Leader of gang laid trap for friend

A 22-YEAR-OLD man lured a teenage friend into an apartment block to rob him, the District Court was told yesterday.

Lau Siu-yum was jailed for two years for robbery.

Lau denied robbing Manjit Singh of $5,000 worth of jewellery outside a seventh-floor flat in Lai Tak Tsuen, North Point, on August 2 last year.

Deputy Judge Duggan said Lau was the mastermind of the robbery. It was an aggravating factor for him to use the trust between himself and Mr Singh to carry out the offence.

During the trial in June, Lau's co-accused, Chan Kwok-wing, 18, and Ho Lung-wai, 17, jumped bail, but were re-arrested.

John Marray, prosecuting, said Mr Singh was lured to the building where Lau lived.