15 Jan 1980
NG YUNG-TONG v. THE QUEEN
- Citation
- NG YUNG-TONG v. THE QUEEN
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC1132/1979
Detention centre order was set aside and replaced by probation because the appellant's mitigating circumstances (young age, no prior convictions, steady employment, cessation of gambling, isolated lapse and a period without further offending) made custody inappropriate and probation adequate to protect the public and facilitate rehabilitation.