Read the full judgment text of HCMA 285/2019 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 27 September 2019.
1. The appellant pleaded guilty before Principal Magistrate Ernest Lin (as he then was) on 14 May 2019 to a single charge of Dangerous Driving contrary to section 37(1) of the Road Traffic Ordinance, Cap 374. He was fined $7,000, disqualified from driving for 15 months and required to take a driving improvement course within the last three months of his disqualification. By his notice of appeal dated 27 May 2019, the appellant appeals that sentence on the ground that it was manifestly excessiv