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  • 16 Jan 2026

    香港特別行政區 訴 蘇偉倫

    Citation
    [2026] HKCFI 258
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMA338/2025

    On rehearing the court accepted that returning the wallet to MTR after using one card materially mitigated the first theft count and reduced the appropriate sentence to 6 weeks immediate imprisonment; the second theft count sentence of 4 months immediate imprisonment was not manifestly excessive and is upheld; because the magistrate had ordered concurrent execution, the total immediate sentence remains 4 months. Immediate imprisonment was nonetheless necessary given prior theft convictions and lack of effective deterrence.