Read the full judgment text of on BabelCite. was delivered on 5 March 1991.
1. The applicant, Leung Chi-wai, who is now aged 21 but who was 20 at the time of the commission of the offence, was tried jointly with two co-accused for murder before Barnett J. and a jury. Both co-accused were found guilty of murder but the applicant was convicted of manslaughter. He was sentenced to 7 years' imprisonment and it is against that sentence that he now seeks leave to appeal.