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Topic

Pickpocketing analogy

Legal area

Court

29 Nov 2007

HKSAR v. DASHDORJ, DASHDAVAA

Citation

HKSAR v. DASHDORJ, DASHDAVAA
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMA996/2007

The offence was equivalent to pick-pocketing which justifies a 12-month starting point; after allowing a guilty plea discount the eight-month sentence was appropriate and the appeal against sentence is dismissed.
12 Dec 2006

HKSAR v. TAN GUIXIANG

Citation

HKSAR v. TAN GUIXIANG
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMA1012/2006

The conviction and 9-month imprisonment sentence were upheld because the offence—inserting a hand into the victim's rucksack in a public restaurant—was properly treated as akin to pickpocketing, justifying the magistrate's 9-month starting point; the appellant's clear Hong Kong record as a first-time Mainland visitor was of limited weight and could be disregarded; no other mitigating factors were present, so the sentence was not manifestly excessive.