Read the full judgment text of CACC 74/2025 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 20 January 2026.
1. The applicant was indicted on one count of robbery, alleging that on 14 March 2019 he stole 112 pieces of gold jewellery from a jewellery shop. On 26 March 2025, he pleaded guilty to the count before Douglas Yau J (the judge), after being committed to the High Court for trial but before trial dates were fixed. The judge adopted a starting point of 14 years’ imprisonment and sentenced him to 10 years and 6 months’ imprisonment after giving him a 25% discount for his late plea.
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