Bobby's Rabble – Charm

Faizal Solomona Penesa argued that he did not have any indecent intention, despite the gesture being inappropriate to a stranger. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Bar security footage helps clear Hong Kong rugby player of molestation charge

2 hours ago02 mins

A Hong Kong professional rugby player has been acquitted of molesting a woman at a bar after a magistrate ruled the athlete had touched her buttocks by accident. But Faizal Solomona Penesa, 34, admitted a lesser offence of common assault and another charge of criminal damage, and was ordered by Magistrate Gary Chu Man-hon on…

Hong Kong rugby player denies molesting woman at bar, but admits vandalism

2 months ago02 mins

A Hong Kong professional rugby player has denied molesting a patron at a bar, but admitted vandalising police property following his arrest last year. Faizal Solomona Penesa, 33, on Monday pleaded guilty at Eastern Court to damaging a door bolt at Central police station while in custody on suspicion of groping a woman at Bobby’s…