18 Jul 2012
HKSAR v. CHENG CHI WAI
- Citation
- HKSAR v. CHENG CHI WAI
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC94/2011
The Court held the totality of evidence established the applicant as a professional handler (fence) rather than the thief; the doctrine of recent possession does not displace consideration of all evidence and does not impose an extra burden on prosecution to prove the negative element 'otherwise than in the course of stealing'; leave to appeal conviction was dismissed. On review under section 81A the Court found aggravating factors warranted increasing the starting point to 5 years per count and the total effective sentence to 5 years 6 months (with six months of the fifth count consecutive).