26 Sept 1997
HKSAR v. LI Yuk-kam
- Citation
- HKSAR v. LI Yuk-kam
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA787/1997
The learned magistrate's sentence was manifestly excessive because he failed to give proper weight to mitigating factors (guilty plea, first offender status, favourable probation report, and substantial financial loss already suffered); deterrence alone, unsupported by statistics or evidence, did not justify immediate custody, and the appropriate sentence was substitution of a fine of $20,000 for the four months' imprisonment and $2,000 fine.