22 May 1992
THE QUEEN v. LEUNG TONG FAT
- Citation
- THE QUEEN v. LEUNG TONG FAT
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC8/1991
The court held that because the medical reports did not establish the statutory threshold of a 'mentally disordered person' as required by s.45(1)(b) and s.46(1) (including the requirement for a government medical officer's opinion), a hospital order could not be made; further, the medical evidence did not establish a causal link between the brain tumour and the offending sufficient to mitigate the sentence, and consequently the sentences imposed (total 5 years and 9 months) were not manifestly excessive or wrong in principle, so the application for leave to appeal against sentence was dismis…