25 Jun 2009
HKSAR v. CHAN MING LOK
- Citation
- HKSAR v. CHAN MING LOK
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA225/2009
Although the magistrate may have risked relying on the questionable category "suitable for causing injury", the appellant's admissions that he carried the knife for self‑defence supported an inference of intention to use it as a weapon; in the absence of imminent danger there was no lawful authority or reasonable excuse, so conviction was properly maintained; sentence was excessive and reduced from 6 to 4 months given mitigating features.