9 Oct 2000
HKSAR v. TAM HEI LUN AND OTHERS
- Citation
- HKSAR v. TAM HEI LUN AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA385/2000
The Court declined to lay down sentencing guidelines because prosecutions under s161 were too few to define the full range of offending; unauthorised access can be akin to burglary and, save in unusual circumstances, custodial sentences (including detention centre sentences) are appropriate for offences under s161, and the detention centre sentences imposed on the 1st and 3rd appellants were not manifestly excessive.