18 Nov 2014
HKSAR v. CHAN WING HONG
- Citation
- HKSAR v. CHAN WING HONG
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA143/2014
The magistrate's extensive questioning was justified to clarify rushed and incomplete evidence and did not amount to descent into the arena; the trial judge's acceptance of PW1 and rejection of the appellant's evidence was reasonable, not perverse, given inconsistencies and implausibility of the appellant's account; the six month custodial sentence is within established sentencing range for s22 offences especially where impersonation was used to try to obtain free sexual services and to intimidate a vulnerable victim, therefore the appeals against conviction and sentence are dismissed.