15 Dec 2006
SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE v. LAM LUI YIN AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE v. LAM LUI YIN AND ANOTHER
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CAAR5/2006
The Court found the original two-year sentences manifestly inadequate given prolonged, repeated physical abuse and deliberate failure to obtain necessary medical care for a medically vulnerable toddler; it quashed the sentences and imposed four years' imprisonment on each respondent to reflect the gravity and culpability of sustained ill-treatment and wilful neglect.