20 Jan 2017
SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE v. WAN HOI MING
- Citation
- SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE v. WAN HOI MING
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CAAR2/2016
The Court allowed the Secretary for Justice’s review of sentence, holding the original sentence of 3 years was unduly lenient because the judge understated culpability by failing to reflect the aggravating factors (use of thinner as a stupefying agent, element of planning/premeditation and sustained violence). The appropriate starting point was 10 years, a one-third discount for plea yields 6 years 8 months, and a further 6-month reduction was justified because the respondent had already been discharged and the increase was substantial; substituted sentence 6 years 2 months imprisonment.