2 Dec 2004
HKSAR v. CHAN WING YIN
- Citation
- HKSAR v. CHAN WING YIN
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP2220/2004
Because the respondent committed the offence aged 15 but had demonstrated sustained institutional rehabilitation, genuine remorse, positive psychiatric and psychological prognoses and low risk of violent recidivism, the court exercised its power under s67C(4)(b) CPO to quash the indeterminate life sentence and substitute a fixed term; having assessed comparable authorities the appropriate term was 30 years with a 3-year discount for conduct in custody, resulting in a determinate sentence of 27 years imprisonment.