Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Appellate review (re-hearing)

Legal area

Court

19 Mar 2026

香港特別行政區訴劉少蘭

Citation

[2026] HKCFI 1593
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMA318/2025

Given the scale (over HK$1.78 million across two accounts), frequency (hundreds of transactions) and duration (one offence over a month, one over a week), the defendant's ownership and use of the accounts, lack of remorse and absence of mitigating factors, the sentencing judge's choice of 15 months for each count and partial concurrency (5 months) producing a total of 20 months imprisonment was not manifestly excessive and was within correct exercise of sentencing discretion.
17 May 2021

香港特別行政區訴黃俊廸

Citation

[2021] HKCFI 1319
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMA308/2020

Given the social context (judicially noticed), the quantity and nature of items found on the appellant including two substantial long-handled hammers suitable for forceful striking, and the totality of circumstantial evidence inspected on rehearing, the only reasonable inference was that the appellant possessed the hammers with intent to use them for unlawful destructive purposes; the use of judicial notice was proper and the conviction and nine-month sentence are safe and not manifestly excessive.