Read the full judgment text of HCMA 001035/1995 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 6 December 1995.
1. This was an appeal against a sentence of 10 months imposed for trafficking in dangerous drugs. The offence was committed in 1984, but the appellant had absconded while on bail, and had not been re-arrested until he returned to Hong Kong in 1995. He had spent the interim period in Taiwan, and while he had previous convictions for drug offences, it appeared that he had rid himself of the drug habit and had stayed out of trouble in other respects.