Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000905/1999 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 27 October 1999.
1. The appellant, LAM Kwok-hung, pleaded guilty to one charge of possession of heroin. The amount involved was 8.44 grammes of heroin hydrochloride, and he was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment. He now appeals against that sentence, contending that it was wrong in principle and manifestly excessive. In her reasons for sentence the learned magistrate observed that: