24 Jun 1997
R. v. LAM TING
- Citation
- R. v. LAM TING
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA11/1997
The appeal was allowed and the sentence reduced because the magistrate placed excessive weight on the high value of the goods without sufficient regard to the finding of no actual knowledge, the nature of the goods (mainly cosmetics), and the appellant's illness which partly explained his failure to supervise loading; sentencing precedents permit distinguishing product types.