4 Dec 2017
HKSAR v. MBYE MUHAMMED
- Citation
- HKSAR v. MBYE MUHAMMED
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA488/2017
The magistrate's choice of a 12 months starting point for possession for personal use was appropriate; applying a 25% guilty plea discount and a further one month reduction on review for additional humanitarian material was within judicial discretion; the family's reduced financial assistance and resulting accommodation difficulties did not constitute a sufficient humanitarian ground to reduce the sentence further; therefore the appeal against sentence is dismissed and the sentence of 8 months' imprisonment stands.