21 Dec 1981
TANG CHAT v. THE QUEEN
- Citation
- TANG CHAT v. THE QUEEN
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC752/1981
Despite an appalling record and multiple prior imprisonments, the Court allowed the appeal against sentence and substituted a three-year probation order because the offences were non-violent with small losses, the appellant had borderline intelligence, there was credible family support and prior imprisonment had not achieved rehabilitation; therefore a structured probation with strict conditions was justified as a last chance while protecting the public.