A man who tried to rape a woman beside a cemetery late at night was jailed for three years and four months yesterday.
In jailing Tan Chin-bu, 25, Deputy High Court Judge Alan Wright said the attempted rape was a serious offence, and repeated his observation: 'I doubt that a man truly understands the effect this has on a woman'.
Deputy Judge Wright said for the purposes of sentencing however, he would place the offence at the lower end of the scale.
Tan had pleaded guilty to attempted rape, which happened in the early hours of October 20, 2001.
The Court of First Instance heard how he failed to report to police on February 6, 2002, after being released on bail and was returned to Hong Kong from Shanghai on September 24 last year.
The court was told that Tan met his victim when he joined friends at a karaoke bar in Causeway Bay.