16 Apr 2009
HKSAR v. POON YIU FAI
- Citation
- HKSAR v. POON YIU FAI
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA223/2009
The magistrate's concurrent 12-month sentences were manifestly inadequate given the appellant's prior convictions, the pre-planned use of a forged card in his name, a successful earlier theft of two gold chains and the potential for greater loss; the proper starting point is 21 months per count, reduced to 14 months per count for guilty pleas with 6 months of the second charge consecutive to the first, producing an effective total sentence of 20 months imprisonment; appeal dismissed.