8 Oct 2020
HKSAR v. LAW CHUN YIN
- Citation
- [2020] HKCA 810
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC216/2019
Having applied Yeung Ho Nam and assessed the aggravating and mitigating factors (notably a 15-year age gap, manipulation/coercion, paedophilic disorder and high re-offending risk, sadistic elements in videos, absence of condoms, prior like offences and psychological harm to the victim), the court held a 4.5-year starting point appropriate for each buggery charge; after the one-third plea reduction and ordering specified concurrency and partial consecutivity the appropriate overall term is 8 years, and the appeal is allowed to reduce the sentence from 8½ to 8 years.