2 Mar 1999
HKSAR v. MAK KIN YU
- Citation
- HKSAR v. MAK KIN YU
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA43/1999
The Magistrate properly weighed mitigation (clear record and guilty plea) but reasonably concluded the appellant's circumstances were not exceptional compared with others in similar situations; applying R v Lau Chung kwan guidelines, the 15 months imprisonment sentence was within lawful and appropriate bounds, so the appeal is dismissed.