11 Apr 2013
HKSAR v. CHAN CHUN TAT
- Citation
- HKSAR v. CHAN CHUN TAT
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC317/2012
The Court held the trial judge gave insufficient weight to the unusual, non‑premeditated features (absence of prior violence, apparent emotional disturbance and drug use, and lack of pressing home of attacks) and to the limited probative value of victim forgiveness; consequently the appropriate starting point was 8 years (not 12), reduced by one third for the guilty plea to 5 years and 4 months, and the original sentence was quashed and substituted accordingly.