24 Oct 1989
THE QUEEN v. CHENG KIT CHIU
- Citation
- THE QUEEN v. CHENG KIT CHIU
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA1034/1989
The robbery conviction was quashed because the magistrate misdirected on the specific intent requirement and self-induced drunkenness was not a proper basis to uphold that conviction; the 3-month imprisonment for criminal damage was manifestly excessive given the conduct and circumstances, and was properly reduced to a fine of $1,000 with a one-month default custodial term to run consecutively with any existing sentence.