16 Apr 1996
THE QUEEN v. SO HOI MING
- Citation
- THE QUEEN v. SO HOI MING
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA366/1996
Appeal allowed and magistrate's detention sentences set aside because, on the material before the court, the short period already spent in custody, the school's willingness to readmit the boy and parental assurances created an exceptional prospect that probation would better achieve rehabilitation; accordingly the court ordered a 3‑year probation subject to the appellant's consent.