Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000324/1994 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 8 June 1994.
1. The appellant pleaded guilty before a magistrate to an offence of escape from legal custody, contrary to Rule 41 of the Immigration (Vietnamese Migrants) (Detention Centre) Rules, 1992. She was sentenced to three months' imprisonment. She was also convicted after trial of the offence of escape from lawful authority, contrary to Common Law. For that offence, she was sentenced to six months' imprisonment, to be concurrent with the sentence on the other charge. She now appeals against the convic