Two Sentenced In Jimmy Sham Attack

A man found guilty in connection with an attack on activist Jimmy Sham of the Civil Human Rights Front last year was on Monday jailed for three years and 10 months.

Another defendant, who was 15 at the time of the offence, was sent to a training centre.

In handing down the sentences, District Court judge Johnny Chan said salesman Lo Kin-wan, 30, bore responsibility for recruiting a minor to help carry out the attack, and his punishment should have a deterrent effect.

Chan also noted that the teenager was following the orders of someone much older than him, and rehabilitation at a training centre would be more conducive to his rehabilitation than serving a prison term.

The court heard that the pair had tailed Sham and manned the getaway car for two armed assailants, who are still at large.

Sham was not injured in the attack at a restaurant in Jordan in August 2019 as he was shielded by a friend.