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Hong Kong Case Law

Mitigation (poverty/duress)
  • 18 Aug 2016

    HKSAR v. ONUOHA FERDINAND CHETAM

    Citation
    HKSAR v. ONUOHA FERDINAND CHETAM
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CACC335/2015

    The application for leave to appeal against the sentence was refused because the sentence of 12 years and 9 months was not wrong or manifestly excessive: the judge correctly adopted the tariff starting point (18 years 2 months), enhanced it for an international element (to 19 years 2 months) and properly applied a one‑third discount for early plea; poverty and claimed coercion do not warrant further reduction in a serious trafficking case.