troubled lawyer pleads guilty to three charges
Suspended barrister Roderick Murray yesterday pleaded guilty to three charges relating to an incident outside a McDonald's restaurant in Mui Wo, Lantau Island, earlier this year. Murray, 46, pleaded guilty to two counts of assaulting a police officer and one count of criminal damage stemming from a July 6 incident in which three aluminium chairs belonging to the restaurant were damaged. A fourth charge, of overstaying his visa, was withdrawn at a hearing earlier this month. Murray was released on $200 bail and ordered to appear for sentencing on October 31.
Schoolboy beaten by vandal classmates
A schoolboy was beaten by two classmates during recess at their school in Tsing Yi yesterday - the third student-related assault in 10 days. The Form Two pupil, 14, discovered two classmates vandalising a rubbish bin at Caritas St Joseph Secondary School in Fung Shue Wo Road at about 11am. Fearing that he would report them, the two boys allegedly assaulted him in a classroom, police said. After school, the victim complained of stomach pains to his mother, who dialled 999. He was taken to Princess Margaret Hospital and discharged after a check-up. Police said that no arrest was made and officers were investigating.
man struck on head
A 35-year-old man was hit on the forehead with a torch when he discovered a burglar climbing on scaffolding outside his first-floor flat in Mongkok as he leaned out to check what was going on. The burglar fled.
