14 Mar 2017
HKSAR v. WEI, EDMUND CHIH CHAN
- Citation
- HKSAR v. WEI, EDMUND CHIH CHAN
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA237/2016
The appeal is dismissed because the Magistrate was entitled to find that the appellant's deliberate departure from the scene and delay in reporting materially impeded the investigation and likely reduced recorded breath alcohol readings, constituting aggravating conduct that justified a suspended custodial sentence; the sentence was neither manifestly excessive nor wrong in principle.