10 Jun 1999
The Court held that the 18 months starting point was within the proper tariff for the deliberate use of another person's identity card, accepted the trial judge's application of a 4-month discount for mitigation, and concluded the resulting 14-month sentence was not manifestly excessive; the appeal was dismissed.
2 Mar 1999
The Magistrate properly weighed mitigation (clear record and guilty plea) but reasonably concluded the appellant's circumstances were not exceptional compared with others in similar situations; applying R v Lau Chung kwan guidelines, the 15 months imprisonment sentence was within lawful and appropriate bounds, so the appeal is dismissed.
17 May 1991
Where a Hong Kong resident was found in possession of another person's identity card, gave an initial false explanation and no subsequent satisfactory explanation, the magistrate was justified in imposing nine months imprisonment despite the guilty plea; the sentencing approach for illegal immigrants does not automatically apply and the sentence was not excessive.