21 Jan 2003
HKSAR v. MAK, TUNG
- Citation
- HKSAR v. MAK, TUNG
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA1196/2002
The magistrate's starting point of 12 months for each offence was appropriate given the high degree of obscenity and quantity of material; enhancement to 15 months was justified by recent similar previous convictions demonstrating lack of deterrence; applying the customary one-third plea discount to reach concurrent ten-month terms was correct; the appellant's asthma did not amount to exceptional mitigation that would justify reducing the custodial sentence.