16 Mar 2000
SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE v. LAM KAI WAH
- Citation
- SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE v. LAM KAI WAH
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CAAR8/1999
The original sentence of four years was inadequate given the deliberate act causing very serious, permanent injury and the need for public protection and deterrence; mental disturbance that did not negate intent was an insufficient mitigation to justify the sentence imposed; appropriate starting point for a contested trial was 15 years, and with full one-third credit for the guilty plea the substituted sentence is ten years imprisonment.