Read the full judgment text of CACC 000197/1995 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 17 August 1995.
1. The appellant who is now 21 was convicted of having willfully neglected her child of two in a manner likely to cause him unnecessary suffering under Section 27(1) of the Offences Against the Person Ordinance. The offence charged related to the conduct or acts of the appellant in April 1993. She was then 19 years old. She was sentenced to 21 months imprisonment. The trial Judge started from the maximum penalty of 2 years, allowing her a small discount of 3 months for her plea of guilty.