Read the full judgment text of CACC 000180/1997 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 24 July 1997.
1. The applicant was charged with manslaughter. It was particularized that on or about 3 rd August, 1996, at Yee King Building, No.67E Waterloo Road, Kowloon, he unlawfully killed Yang Pei-li. Yang was the wife of the applicant. After initial denial, he admitted when being arrested that he had been responsible for the death of his wife. He pleaded guilty before Leong J. and was sentenced to imprisonment for 6 years. He now seeks leave to appeal against that sentence.