17 Feb 1979
PUN YING-CHAU v. THE QUEEN
- Citation
- PUN YING-CHAU v. THE QUEEN
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC140/1979
The appeal was allowed in part because the magistrate failed to give sufficient weight to the appellant's voluntary return and the public interest in encouraging fugitives to return; these mitigating factors justified reducing the custodial sentence so the appellant could be released immediately.