6 Apr 2006
HKSAR v. WONG TAT YAN
- Citation
- HKSAR v. WONG TAT YAN
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC27/2005
The Court upheld the fixed 29-year sentences as not manifestly excessive because the offences involved premeditated, sustained, knife-enabled triad attacks led by the applicants; the sentencing judge did not misapply legal principles in selecting a 32-year starting point or in allowing a 3-year discount for rehabilitation, and arguments about stress from uncertainty and excessive credit were insufficient to reduce the sentences given the role of the Long-Term Prison Sentences Review Board and established sentencing ranges.