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Hong Kong Case Law

Credit for absence of previous convictions
  • 1 May 1997

    R. v. LO WAI KEUNG and Others

    Citation
    R. v. LO WAI KEUNG and Others
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CACC159/1996

    The Court held that the sentencing judge did not err: he assessed the appropriate sentence as if there were no previous convictions, the remark about absence of mitigating circumstances related to facts of the offences, and a four‑year sentence for the blackmail offences (with concurrent operation) together with the assault sentences produced an overall term of four years and one month which was appropriate and not manifestly excessive; the application for leave to appeal was refused.