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Hong Kong Case Law

Offences by public officers

  • 20 Apr 1999

    HKSAR v. LEE YAU TAK

    Citation
    HKSAR v. LEE YAU TAK
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CACC427/1998

    The Court held the 2-year sentence was manifestly excessive given the mitigating factors (clear disciplinary record, catering rather than enforcement role in the police, catastrophic loss of retirement benefits and employment, and relatively insignificant gain) and the lack of comparable aggravating facts in cited authorities; the sentence was reduced to a term that ensured immediate release (to just over one year).

  • 5 Oct 1982

    YU CHI-LAP v. THE QUEEN

    Citation
    YU CHI-LAP v. THE QUEEN
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CACC656/1982

    The Court held the original sentence of 18 months was excessive in the circumstances; given the small quantity of ammunition, absence of a firearm or sinister motive, the appellant's guilty plea and clear record outweighed the aggravation of his police status, and the appropriate sentence is six months imprisonment.