20 May 1986
THE QUEEN v. CHENG MUK CHING
- Citation
- THE QUEEN v. CHENG MUK CHING
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC29/1986
The appellate court held that the sentencing judge erred by inadequate consideration of mitigating factors (notably the real risk the appellant faced in testifying) and of the Crown's failure to place all mitigating facts before the court; the appropriate starting point for this offence was ten years, a 50% discount for the appellant's cooperation and risk reduced that to five years, and the existing four-year sentence was not manifestly inadequate so the appeal was dismissed.