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Child rape
  • 6 Apr 2017

    香港特別行政區 訴 L.K.S.

    Citation
    香港特別行政區 訴 L.K.S.
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CACC260/2016

    The Court refused leave to appeal: the sentencing judge's chosen starting points (12 years for count three, 5 years for count five, 15 years for count six) and the one-third reduction for guilty pleas were within the proper judicial discretion; any extra discount for the victim not testifying is discretionary and not mandatory; the judge was entitled to consider the pregnancy and the full course of offending when fixing the sentence for count six; the 12-year aggregate sentence complied with the totality principle and was not manifestly excessive.