Read the full judgment text of CACC 000030/1997 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 15 May 1997.
1. The applicant faced two charges before His Honour Judge Muttrie in the District Court. He was convicted of robbery and also of remaining unlawfully in Hong Kong without proper authority. He was sentenced to 3 1/2 years for robbery and 15 months for remaining unlawfully in Hong Kong. The sentence in his second charge was ordered to run after the applicant shall have served 3 years of his 3 1/2 years robbery sentence. In total, he has to serve, therefore, 4 years and 3 months. He feels aggrieve