14 Sept 2016
HKSAR v. SHALIM
- Citation
- HKSAR v. SHALIM
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA355/2016
The magistrate was correct that an immediate custodial sentence was appropriate given 40,981 cigarettes and the international element, but it was wrong in principle to impose a fine in lieu of imprisonment where a custodial sentence is appropriate; the appropriate starting point was six months' imprisonment reduced by one-third for the guilty plea resulting in four months' imprisonment, and the fine of HK$82,000 with seven months' default was set aside and replaced with four months' imprisonment.