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offences on 27 July 2021 at the end of the trial and gave our Reasons for Verdict[1]. On 29 July 2021, we heard the mitigation advanced by Mr Grossman, SC, on behalf of the Defendant and we then adjourned sentence to 30 July 2021.
2. As we have set out in our Reasons for Verdict the evidence adduced at trial and our findings, we do not propose to repeat in detail the facts relating to the two offences. To put shortly, in the afternoon of 1 July 2020, the Defendant was found driving his motorcycle with a flag at his back bearing the Slogan “光復香港 LIBERATE HONG KONG 時代革命 REVOLUTION OF OUR TIMES”. He ignored all the instructions given by the police to stop his motorcycle, and instead, ran through the police checklines, eventually crashing into a group of police officers. As a result, three of them were injured.
3. For PC 8260, there was no obvious fracture or dislocation at the injured sites. However, he had tenderness at the lower lumbar spine; both shoulders; index and middle fingers; both wrists; and abrasion at the left elbow; as well as haematoma on both forearms, and multiple bruising marks on knees. PC 8260 was discharged on 8 July 2020 with sick leave granted to 17 August 2020. He returned to work subsequently but when he testified at trial, he told the court that he had still not yet fully recovered in that he would feel painful when he moved his left wrist, and would find it relatively difficult even to perform simple tasks like twisting the cap of a water bottle. He also said he still had
