24 Jun 2009
HKSAR v. MUHAMMAD MASOOM KHALID
- Citation
- HKSAR v. MUHAMMAD MASOOM KHALID
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA355/2009
The Court affirmed that the sentencing approach in HKSAR v Li Chang Li applies: 15 months is the proper starting point on a plea of guilty for using a forged identity card to obtain employment, and where the offender is convicted after trial a higher starting point (not less than 21 months in the circumstances) is appropriate; applying that principle and finding no mitigating factors sufficient to depart downward, the 21 months sentence was appropriate and is upheld.