A former security guard was today sentenced to 10 weeks' in prison at Western Magistracy for accepting $300 from a reporter for allowing him to enter a location-shooting site of a film company and take photos without the company's permission.

Tse Fai, 30, formerly employed by Group 4 Falck (HK) Limited was also ordered to pay $300 in restitution to the company.

Tse earlier pleaded guilty to two counts of accepting an advantage, and one of soliciting an advantage.

Magistrate Mr Timothy Jenkins said a custodial sentence was warranted in view of the seriousness of the offences.

The magistrate added that the sentence was reduced to 10 weeks from the starting point of four and a half months, taking into account his guilty plea and his cooperation with the ICAC.

The court heard that Group 4 was enlisted by Jettone Films Limited to provide security services at a Victoria Road premises, which the film company had leased from the Government Property Agency for location-shooting of a movie.

Admission to the shooting site was restricted to relevant artistes and crew members.

The court heard that in the small hours on February 1, while Tse was guarding the Victoria Road premises, a reporter who identified himself as "Mr Leung" approached Tse.

The reporter asked to take photos of the site and offered to give Tse some "tea money" as a reward.

Tse agreed and accepted $200 from the reporter after he took some photos at the site.

In the early morning of February 5, Tse accepted another $100 from the reporter for allowing him entry to take more photos. 

The court also heard that on a separate occasion, Tse agreed to film acting scenes and costumes with a video camera provided by the reporter for a reward of $500.

The filming did not materialise as shooting of the movie was then suspended.

The prosecution was represented by Senior Government Counsel Alex Lee, assisted by ICAC officer Eastman Tang.