Maximum jail term for jobless man who molested girl, 14, on Hong Kong hillside
Attack little different to rape , says judge as he hands down maximum sentence to an 'extremely violent and dangerous' man
A jobless man who molested and beat a 14-year-old girl after robbing her of all her possessions was jailed for 15 years yesterday, including 10 years - the maximum penalty - for indecent assault.
Sentencing Cheung Wai-ming, 35, a High Court judge said he could not think of a more serious case of indecent assault, adding his actions were no different from rape except he violated her using his hands.
The Court of First Instance was told that Cheung grabbed the girl from a Tai Po street on January 3 last year, took her to the hillside, stripped her and banged her head on a concrete block and some railings when she tried to resist.
He then kicked her into a ditch before leaving.
A jury convicted Cheung on three charges of robbery, indecent assault and assault.
"I cannot think of any indecent assault case more serious than this one and I find it is a case for which the maximum penalty of 10 years should be imposed," Mr Justice Andrew Chan Hing-wai said.