Principal Magistrate Mr. Timothy Simon Jenkins

Principal Magistrate of Shatin Magistracy Mr. Timothy Simon Jenkis passed away on 1st September 2009 at the age of 52 years old.

He was said to have been suffering from cancer and had recently divorced.

He fell to his death from another magistrate of Eastern Magistracy Mr. Henry Mierczak's premises in Victoria Garden.

After police investigation, it is believed to be a suicide case.

Jenkins was from United Kingdom and he was admitted as a solicitor in the United Kingdom in 1983 and then in Hong Kong in 1984. He was appointed as a magistrate in 1990. From 2001, he was a principal magistrate.

He was the Principal Magistrate of Shatin Magistracy before his passing away.