3 Jun 2015
Leave to appeal out of time was refused because the applicant offered no explanation for a 23‑month delay and the proposed grounds disclosed no arguable merit; personal and family circumstances were insufficient mitigation given the gravity of large‑scale heroin trafficking.
23 Oct 1980
The appellate court affirmed that despite the appellant's age and serious medical conditions, those factors do not outweigh the aggravating factor of a very substantial quantity of dangerous drugs; prison can provide necessary treatment and thus the original three-year sentence is appropriate and must be upheld.
20 Mar 1973
The appeal is dismissed because the appellant was caught red-handed manufacturing dangerous drugs, had a prior drug conviction, and his age and cooperation did not amount to sufficient mitigation to disturb the sentences imposed.