A LORRY driver who embarked on a series of lift robberies, preying only on victims wearing expensive Rolex watches, was sentenced in the High Court yesterday to 10 years' jail.
Mr Justice Leong, although describing Wong Yuk-ming's robbery plan as ingenious, said: ''People in the street were entitled to be protected and not to become prey in robbery even though they were indiscreet enough to expose their gold watches,'' he said.
He was sure Wong would have had no hesitation in using force and violence if the victims resisted.
Wong, 25, had pleaded guilty to six counts of robbery and one of assault with intent to rob.
His co-defendant, Sze Man-ki, also 25, who had been jointly charged with four of the holdups, denied the offences.
He was found guilty of one offence after trial and sentenced to seven years' jail on Thursday.
Prosecutor Albert Wong told the court the robberies were committed between November 1991 and October last year.