27 Jun 2018
HKSAR v. SK HASNAINZZAMAN
- Citation
- [2018] HKCA 374
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC301/2017
The Court rejected entrapment because the applicant declined a Newton hearing and offered inconsistent accounts; it accepted the prosecutor's and Department of Justice's assessment that the applicant's multiple NPS were inconsistent and not credible so no assistance discount applied; the starting point and plea discount adopted by the sentencing judge were within permissible range and the enhancement for Form 8 status was appropriate (and could properly have been higher), therefore the sentence of 10 years and 4 months was not manifestly excessive and the leave application and appeal were dis…