Kowloon City Magistrates' Court has sentenced a former policewoman to 3 months in jail coupled with 1 year of probabtion today.
Irene Lau Kit-yee was found guilty of stealing a hat which price was estimated to be over HK$5600 at a boutique in Tsim Sha Shui, on the 21st of May, 2022, according to the reports.
While passing the jugdement, Irene spoke on her condition of being under the influence of drugs prescription for stealing but the magistrate Kestrel Lam Tsz-hong turned down her explaination. He said "surveillance footage had seen no abnormality from the defendant and that her actions were premeditated to a certain extent. Imposing a fine could not reflect the seriousness of the offense".
The magistrate, however said that putting into thought of the defendant's state of mental health that required treatment and in which given an immediate custodial sentence could worsen her mental state. Then, he decided to lower the jail term to three-month with one year of probation.
The ex-police woman is 50 years and was in police service for over 30 years. Irene Lau Kit-yee was suspended from the service after her arrest. And she consequently made a resignation after the incident.
香港前女警因盜竊被判入獄
九龍城裁判法院今日判處一名前女警入獄三個月及緩刑一年。
據報導，劉潔儀於 2022 年 5 月 21 日在尖沙水的一家精品店偷了一頂估計價值超過 5600 港元的帽子，被判有罪。
宣判時，Irene說出自己受藥方影響偷竊的情況，但被裁判官Kestrel Lam Tsz-hong拒絕了。 他說：“監控錄像沒有發現被告人有任何異常，她的行為在一定程度上是有預謀的，罰款不能反映罪行的嚴重性”。
然而，裁判官表示，考慮到被告的精神健康狀況需要治療，並立即判處監禁，可能會使她的精神狀況惡化。 於是，他決定將刑期減為三個月，緩刑一年。
這位前女警現年 50 歲，在警察部門工作了 30 多年。 劉潔儀被捕後被停職。 她因此在事件發生後辭職。
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