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Hong Kong Case Law

Private vigilantism
  • 19 Jan 2022

    香港特別行政區 訴 林啟明

    Citation
    [2022] HKCA 141
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CACC171/2021

    The bail application was refused because the sentence of 4 years 8 months was not manifestly excessive in all the circumstances: the applicant played an active frontline role throughout the incident, carried a potentially lethal wooden stick, and participated in organised, premeditated private collective violence that aggravated culpability (notably by proceeding to the platform/carriage); there was no realistic prospect of success on appeal to justify bail.