12 Mar 1997
R. v. CHENG CHI SANG
- Citation
- R. v. CHENG CHI SANG
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA1373/1996
The magistrate did not err in treating the witness's account as a restatement of the appellant's request rather than inadmissible opinion; the evidence established solicitation of loans from both witnesses under s.3 and convictions were upheld. However, because the two offences were so closely connected as one course of conduct, the cumulative 14 months sentence was excessive under the totality principle and the appellant was entitled to immediate release given time already served.