28 May 2010
HKSAR v. WANG WEI
- Citation
- HKSAR v. WANG WEI
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC446/2009
The court held that the sentencing judge erred in reducing the normal one-third discount because the applicant had not surrendered; a timely plea entered at first appearance entitled the applicant to the full one-third discount. Although the 'bank account' feature and brief detention were significant aggravating factors, the appellate court was satisfied the appropriate starting point of nine years (pre-plea) need not be disturbed on these facts; applying the full one-third discount reduced the sentence to six years, and the seven year sentence was set aside and substituted with six years imp…