Read the full judgment text of CACC 000267/1997 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 18 November 1997.
1. The Applicant Cheung Yau pleaded guilty in the District Court to one count each of Burglary, contrary to s.11(1)(b) of the Theft Ordinance and Remaining in Hong Kong without the Authority of the Director of Immigration after having landed unlawfully in Hong Kong, contrary to s.38(1)(b) of the Immigration Ordinance . For the burglary charge, he was sentenced to two years and four months imprisonment and for the latter offence he received a term of eight months. The sentences were ordered to ru