Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000469/2001 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 19 June 2001.
1. The appellant, Yeung Sau-ping, a 35 year old Chinese woman, appeared before Mr Simon Jenkins, Principal Magistrate sitting at Fanling Magistracy, on 6 April 2001. She faced two charges, the first was one of using an identity card belonging to another person on 1 March 2001, the second was a charge of overstaying. The appellant, who was represented by the Duty Lawyer Scheme, pleaded guilty to both charges. After hearing mitigation, the magistrate sentenced her to concurrent terms of 15 months'