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Hong Kong Case Law

Non-prejudicial statements (nps)
  • 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…