12 Dec 2006
HKSAR v. PEARCE, MATT JAMES
- Citation
- HKSAR v. PEARCE, MATT JAMES
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA635/2006
Convictions on all 15 counts were upheld because the letters and repeated protests objectively amounted to criminal intimidation and loitering causing justified concern to the complainant and independent evidence (witnesses and CCTV) established that the appellant knowingly made a false police report; the Basic Law does not protect conduct that constitutes criminal offences and statutory provisions were proportionate; sentencing requires adjustment under totality and proportionality and was reduced on appeal to an aggregate term specified below.