18 Jan 2005
SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE v. CHEUNG KA MAN
- Citation
- SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE v. CHEUNG KA MAN
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP2218/2004
Applying s67C(4)(b) the court quashed the life detention sentence and substituted a determinate sentence of 28 years' imprisonment because the killing was largely in the heat of anger with little premeditation, the offender was one month short of 18 at the time, comparable authority supported a 29-year baseline, and a one-year discount was justified by rehabilitation efforts and custodial progress.