A TEENAGER who raped a young woman in a vicious gang sex attack after she was abducted at knifepoint and knocked out with chloroform acted out of a desire to save face, the High Court heard yesterday.
Tam Chun-ho, then 18, claimed he raped the woman because he did not want to lose face after winning a ''cloth-scissor-stone'' game to determine who should go first.
He was sentenced yesterday to 61/2 years' jail.
Prosecutor Philip Cantrill told how the 21-year-old nightclub hostess was seized from behind as she walked home along the Castle Peak Road, Tuen Mun, shortly before 1 am on October 1, 1991.
Her assailant held a knife to her throat and marched her along the street to the other youths.
Her bag and valuables were seized, the court heard.