Read the full judgment text of HCMA 231/2014 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 8 September 2015.
1. The appellant pleaded guilty to one count of ‘fraud’ [1] on 28 February 2014. Ms Chainrai, Principal Magistrate, sentenced him to imprisonment for 5 months on 17 March 2014. He appealed against the sentence. After considering the arguments and further reports, I allowed the appeal. I set aside the imprisonment term. I ordered that the appellant be put on Community Service Order (CSO) for 180 hours. The following is the reasons.