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Jessie Pang

Ex-Bank of America lawyer loses appeal of conviction for assault of Hong Kong policeman

FILE PHOTO: Samuel Bickett, a former corporate lawyer from the United States, poses during an interview, before the appeal for allegedly assaulting a plain-clothes policeman during protests in 2019, in Hong Kong, China November 4, 2021. Picture taken November 4, 2021. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

An American lawyer convicted of assaulting a plain-clothes Hong Kong police officer during anti-government protests in 2019 lost his appeal on Tuesday and was taken back to jail to serve the remainder of his sentence.

Samuel Bickett, a former anti-bribery compliance director at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, was jailed for four months and two weeks in June last year for assaulting Yu Shu-sang on Dec. 7, 2019. He was released on bail in August after spending more than six weeks in jail.

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