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The magistrate lawfully applied s.109A(1) CPO, obtained and considered a training centre report and rehabilitation prospects, and properly concluded that a training centre order was an appropriate non-imprisonment disposition for an 18‑year‑old with violent antecedents; the sentence was not manifestly excessive and the appeal is dismissed.
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Having reheard the matter on the court‑prima facie evidence and pre‑sentencing reports, and having considered the appellant's age, prior convictions and that he was already sentenced to a training centre for a related matter, the magistrate did not err in principle and the sentence of detention in a training centre was not manifestly excessive; appeal dismissed.
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The sentencing judge applied correct legal principles and sentencing benchmarks, properly weighed youth and rehabilitation against public interest and deterrence, and imposed a training‑centre order that was within permissible range and not manifestly excessive; therefore the appeal against sentence is dismissed.
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基於兩宗針對年長受害人的嚴重有組織詐騙、上訴人在感化期間再犯及與三合會根深蒂固的聯繫，裁判官在衡量所有報告與更生前景後並無法律或事實錯誤，教導所羈留為最合適且不算過重，故維持原判。
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The trial magistrate correctly applied Wong Chun Cheong criteria, accepted the reformatory suitability report, and balanced offence seriousness, appellant's age, prior convictions and rehabilitative needs; a reformatory order was appropriate and the sentence was not manifestly excessive, therefore the appeal against sentence must be dismissed.
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Leave to appeal against conviction and sentence refused: identification was reliable on the basis of multiple matching clothing features and a matching umbrella and photographic evidence established the applicant had his finger on the shotgun trigger and pulled it; the trial judge did not err in law or fact in convicting or in declining to obtain training/rehabilitation centre reports; the sentence was not manifestly excessive.
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The appeal was dismissed because the sentencing judge correctly relied on a comprehensive set of reports showing rehabilitation centre and community orders were unsuitable given the appellant's repeated non-compliance and high reoffending risk, and that detention in a training centre was the most appropriate and beneficial sentence for long-term rehabilitation and public protection.
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Appellate court accepted PW1 identified the appellant as the person who threw the bottle and that the act was intended to challenge police, but held prosecution did not prove beyond reasonable doubt the specific subjective mens rea required by s17B(2) (intent to incite others to breach public peace); amendment of the charge at appellate stage would be unfair and, after balancing public interest and prejudice to the appellant, the court declined to remit for retrial and quashed the conviction.
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The Court of Appeal allowed a sentence review, set aside a 12-month probation order for assaulting a police officer, and substituted a Rehabilitation Centre Order.
The original sentencing was legally erroneous and manifestly inadequate because the judge failed to obtain reports necessary to consider custodial options and misassessed culpability and risk; Court of Appeal quashed the reformative order and re-sentenced the juvenile to custody at a training centre as the only proportionate and appropriate disposition given the gravity, premeditation and public order context.
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