26 Oct 1994
The Court refused leave because the concurrent 8‑year sentences were within established sentencing guidelines (Mo Kwong Sang), properly reflected the gravity and aggravating features of multiple violent robberies against vulnerable detainees, and there was no mitigation (no guilty plea, no remorse) to warrant reduction.
20 Jun 1976
The court held that while consecutive sentences were permissible given distinct violent offences, the aggregate sentences imposed were excessive under the totality principle; the appropriate reduction was to substitute 2.5 years on the primary charge and order the relevant count to run consecutively, producing specific reduced total terms for each appellant.
4 May 1973
The application for leave to appeal was dismissed because the sentences of twenty months on each count ordered to run consecutively were not shown to be manifestly excessive and the sentencing judge's exercise of discretion was proper; the Court declined to entertain informal doubt cast on the prior authority WONG Hing-chung in the absence of full argument and saw no reason to doubt that decision.