5 May 1989
THE QUEEN v. CARMELITA TIRO
- Citation
- THE QUEEN v. CARMELITA TIRO
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA154/1989
The appeal was allowed and the sentence substituted because, although the offences were serious, there were strong mitigating factors—notably the appellant's exploitation by a pimp, lack of awareness of the offence's gravity, her personal circumstances and time already served—which justified reducing the effective sentence to one permitting immediate release.