25 Jul 2018
HKSAR v. CHEN JINHUI
- Citation
- [2018] HKCA 443
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC325/2017
The Court held that the trial judge's sentencing exercise was not manifestly excessive or wrong in principle because the offences involved the use of potentially lethal weapons against unarmed older security guards in separate sequential assaults, and required substantial general and individual deterrence; accordingly the application for leave to appeal was refused.