The defendant is a 14-year-old boy who was charged with damaging “Youpin 360” in the Tin Yiu Shopping Centre in Tin Shui Wai on February 24, 2020.
The Magistrate Shui Jiali pointed out in the ruling that the closed-circuit television of the shop captured one of the saboteurs, regardless of his body shape, jacket, sleeves, rucksack and sports shoes, similar to the defendant at the time of the arrest. The defendant is the person who destroyed the shop in the film. She did not accept the defendant’s argument that he had only made an appointment with a friend to play basketball, thinking that the defendant’s testimony was confusing; she also accepted the confession made by the defendant in the absence of his parents because he believed that he could respond normally and did not feel that he was suffering from autism or being in There was a lack of intelligence, so the defendant was found guilty.
The defense submitted letters of plea from the defendant’s family and social workers, revealing that the defendant had suffered from autism, epilepsy, and depression. He was unhappy in ordinary schools when he was young. He didn’t recognize friends until he enrolled in special schools in middle school. He is now approachable. He recently assisted in distributing anti-epidemic supplies. After he grew up, he determined to become a barista. He also claimed that the defendant was willing to pay 527 yuan to the shop.
The water official responded that it takes a lot of hard work to run a store, “to achieve his dream first.” He also said that many people in society are dissatisfied. They may understand the boy’s motives for committing crimes, but “I don’t know you are dissatisfied.”
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