9 Nov 1999
HKSAR v. WONG KAI HING
- Citation
- HKSAR v. WONG KAI HING
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC316/1999
The court dismissed the application for leave to appeal against sentence: the sentence of 27 months' imprisonment (concurrent on two counts) was not excessive given the seriousness of the offence, the applicant's active and equal participation in a violent blackmail involving captivity, threats and a firearm, and the trial judge's legitimate decision to achieve parity with the co-defendant; absence of a Social Enquiry Report and the applicant's personal circumstances did not render the sentence unsafe. The court nevertheless ordered that four months of time spent in custody shall not count to…