15 Jul 1977
HUI HUNG CHEUNG v. THE QUEEN
- Citation
- HUI HUNG CHEUNG v. THE QUEEN
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC616/1977
The appeal was allowed in part and the two-year imprisonment sentence was reduced to 18 months because the magistrate's available sentencing options were constrained by s.33(2)(b) of the Public Order Ordinance, the appellant's youth and prior probation warranted mitigation, corporal punishment was inappropriate, and the disproportion with co-accused's detention sentences justified reduction; the court also recommended consideration of s.7 of the Training Centres Ordinance for transfer to a training centre.