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Chris Lau

A German trader accused of stealing a camera at a race walking competition on Sunday has pleaded not guilty in a Hong Kong court.
Niklas Segner, 23, denied one count of theft at Eastern Court today for stealing a Canon lens, a Sony video camera and a tripod belonging to video production company Cinevision Top Choice on September 13.
The charge was read to the defendant in his native German. He is accused of taking the camera equipment on Murray Road in Central.
Prosecutor Vincent Siu said two witnesses would be called and there would be video evidence.
“The video [camera] was set up by the media which was capturing the scene,” Siu said, adding that a race walking competition was taking place there at the time.
The MTR Hong Kong Race Walking 2015 was held on Sunday.
Siu told Principal Magistrate Bina Chainrai that Segner was in Hong Kong on a one-year working visa.
Chainrai granted the defendant bail of HK$2,000.
“In view of your status, I would also impose the condition that you not leave Hong Kong,” she said, ordering the defendant to surrender all his documents.
She adjourned the case to October 20 for trial.


Not so fast: German trader accused of stealing video equipment at Hong Kong Race Walking 2015

The defendant was accused of taking camera equipment during the MTR Hong Kong Race Walking 2015 in Central. Photo: Nora Tam

The judge ordered the defendant, a German national reportedly in Hong Kong on a one-year working visa, to stay in the city noting the case will go to trial on October 20. Photo: SCMP Pictures

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