Read the full judgment text of CACC 000231/1979 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 21 June 1979.
1. We have not found this entirely an easy matter to decide. The applicant pleaded guilty to a single count of wounding with intent and for the offence he received a sentence of three years. Mr. Cheung has referred us to various decisions of this court and he maintains that in view of the background of this particular applicant the learned district judge imposed a sentence that was too high having regard to that background; and secondly, he says that in any event the sentence imposed is heavier