19 Oct 1972
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL v. CHEUNG CHI-MAN
- Citation
- THE ATTORNEY GENERAL v. CHEUNG CHI-MAN
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CAAR12/1972
The court held the magistrate's probation order was manifestly inadequate for a robbery involving the display of a knife and, absent exceptional reasons, a custodial sentence was required; because a Detention Centre Order could not be executed due to lack of suitable accommodation, the appropriate remedy was to set aside the probation order and substitute a Training Centre Order under section 4(1) of the Training Centres Ordinance.