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Hong Kong Case Law

Youth/young offender provisions
  • 1 Oct 1977

    YIP SIU-TUNG v. THE QUEEN

    Citation
    YIP SIU-TUNG v. THE QUEEN
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CACC1028/1977

    The detention centre order was inappropriate for a mature 22‑year‑old who held a knife to the victim's throat during a robbery; absent exceptional circumstances the proper punishment is imprisonment, and accordingly the detention order was set aside and two years' imprisonment imposed (the maximum available on appeal from a magistrate).