13 Mar 2020
HKSAR v. DANG HUNG NGOC
- Citation
- [2020] HKCA 167
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC217/2019
Given the large commercial scale demonstrated by the estimated annual yield and extensive cultivation apparatus, a starting point of 11 years’ imprisonment was appropriate; a reduced discount of 2 years and 6 months (about 23%) for a plea indicated late in the process was justified; leave to appeal was granted only on the appropriateness of starting points and culpability factors and not on the plea discount; the case was to be joined with Nguyen Thang Loi and Appeal Aid granted.