11 Nov 2016
HKSAR v. LOKU GALAPPATHTHIGE PRAMUKA SALINDA
- Citation
- HKSAR v. LOKU GALAPPATHTHIGE PRAMUKA SALINDA
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC46/2016
The sentence of 3 years 6 months was manifestly excessive given the particular facts: no accelerant was used, the offence was committed on the spur of the moment after sudden personal distress, the appellant made efforts to extinguish the fire and remained at the scene, and no lives were actually endangered; accordingly the appropriate sentence is 3 years' imprisonment and the original sentence is quashed and substituted.