7 Jan 2010
HKSAR v. MOHAMMAD NADIM
- Citation
- HKSAR v. MOHAMMAD NADIM
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC172/2009
The Court held the judge did not rely on inadmissible material to the appellant's prejudice but the original starting point of 17 years was excessive given the absence of weapons, limited duration of detention (~15 hours) and other mitigating factors; the appropriate starting point is 14 years and, applying a one-third discount for the guilty plea, the substituted sentence is 9 years 4 months imprisonment.