3 Dec 1996
The court held the judge's post-trial starting point of 12 years was manifestly too high; a post-trial starting point of about 10 years was appropriate and, applying the full conventional discount for an immediate guilty plea, the sentence should be 7 years imprisonment concurrent on each count, therefore substituting the original 9-year sentence with 7 years concurrent.
6 Oct 1995
Leave to appeal was refused because the sentences were within an appropriate and lenient range given the seriousness of the robberies and the vulnerability of the victims; the applicant's drug addiction and spur‑of‑the‑moment commission did not render the aggregate three‑year sentence excessive.
28 Apr 1969
Given the appellant's extensive record including recent custodial sentences for triad membership and larceny, and the short interval since release, the court concluded the magistrate's 15 months' sentence was not excessive and refused to interfere; mitigating claims of drug addiction and family circumstances were insufficient to warrant reduction.
13 Dec 1968
The sentences were within the proper discretionary range and the appellant’s advanced age and addiction did not outweigh his extensive record and recent similar convictions; therefore the appellate court must dismiss the appeal and uphold concurrent sentences of 2 months for the first two offences and a consecutive 4 months for the third.