Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Drug dependence and treatment

Legal area

Court

10 Sept 1997

HKSAR v. LI KUEN WAI

Citation

HKSAR v. LI KUEN WAI
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMA526/1997

The imposed 15 month sentence was manifestly excessive; having regard to the offender's history, dependency, prior unsuccessful treatment attempts, the quantity of 6.55g not being indicative of trafficking, a 12 month starting point with a 3 month reduction for the guilty plea was appropriate, reducing the sentence to nine months imprisonment.
30 Apr 1997

R. v. YIP SIU CHUNG

Citation

R. v. YIP SIU CHUNG
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACC591/1996

Given the gravity of the offence, the applicant's prior record, the use of a blade and threats, and the judge's assessment that a Drug Addiction Treatment Centre Order was inadequate to address the criminality, the 3 year sentence (reduced from a 5 year starting point for age and plea) was not wrong in principle nor manifestly excessive; application for leave to appeal is refused.