13 Feb 2007
HKSAR v. CHAU LAP PUI
- Citation
- HKSAR v. CHAU LAP PUI
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC358/2006
Leave granted and appeal allowed in part: the court reduced the sentence for possession of CS spray from 20 to 4 months because the starting point was excessive and the judge should not have rejected the applicant's explanation without a Newton hearing; the court ordered that the full 8-month (theft) and full 20-month (burglary) terms run consecutively to other sentences, resulting in a total custodial term of 32 months; sentencing adjustments must not be offset by enhancing other proper starting points to compensate for error.