31 Oct 1989
THE QUEEN v. BERMARD KUIT SHU-YIP
- Citation
- THE QUEEN v. BERMARD KUIT SHU-YIP
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC298/1989
Where multiple counts arise from a single, short-term commercial fraud involving substantial sums, the appropriate approach is to set a global sentence reflecting overall criminality, apply mitigation for plea and cooperation and give concurrency where appropriate; the trial judge erred by mechanically multiplying per‑letter sentences leading to an excessive cumulative sentence.