19 May 1992
R. v. CHAN SHING CHOI
- Citation
- R. v. CHAN SHING CHOI
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC196/1991
Where illegal immigrants are not concealed in a place from which escape in an emergency would have been difficult and the vessel is seaworthy, the appropriate sentence on a plea of guilty for an offence under s.37C(1) is four years' imprisonment; a higher starting point is only justified by the presence of the specific aggravating features referred to above.