18 Apr 1972
LI KAM-CHUNG v. THE QUEEN
- Citation
- LI KAM-CHUNG v. THE QUEEN
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC157/1972
Although the magistrate's original decision to commit the 17‑year‑old to a training centre was not wrong in principle, the court exercised its discretion to vary the outcome because of new and exceptional family circumstances (death of father and financial hardship) and the statutory/established rule that a suspended sentence is not available for indecent assault; therefore immediate release on probation for one year was ordered as the appropriate substitute.