Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Pleas and mitigation

Legal area

Court

22 Oct 2010

HKSAR v. HOU SHUN HSIUNG

Citation

HKSAR v. HOU SHUN HSIUNG
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACC472/2009

Given the total sum laundered (HK$4,150,000), the organised and international nature of the activity, the appellant's rapid opening of accounts and handling of substantial funds shortly after arrival, and the unconvincing mitigation, the court upheld a notional starting point of four and a half years and a final sentence of three years after allowing a one‑third plea discount; the appeal against sentence was dismissed.
23 Dec 1999

HKSAR v. CHEUNG WAI TUN

Citation

HKSAR v. CHEUNG WAI TUN
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACC331/1999

The Court held the sentencing judge correctly adopted a starting point reflecting that extreme violence was reasonably foreseeable from the appellant's prominent role in a planned daytime wages robbery; the appellant's lack of knowledge of a firearm did not render the starting point excessive and the sentence was upheld.