9 Jan 2015
HKSAR v. CHEN JIANCHAO
- Citation
- HKSAR v. CHEN JIANCHAO
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC184/2014
The Court held that the judge was entitled to a 4‑year starting point for the first charge given the significant sum ($230,000), the applicant’s knowledge that the funds came from telephone deception, recruitment from the Mainland and targeting elderly victims, but erred in applying the same 4‑year starting point to Charge 2 where the sum was materially lower ($17,700). The appropriate starting point for Charge 2 is 3 years, with a one‑third discount for guilty plea and a one‑third statutory enhancement, producing a 32‑month sentence for Charge 2. The consecutive element was reduced from 10 t…