Read the full judgment text of CACC 000315/2000 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 11 October 2000.
1. On 19 July 2000, the Applicant, aged 19, pleaded guilty in the District Court before Judge Line to a charge of burglary. The Applicant had broken into a shop in Tuen Mun and stolen a small amount of property on 5 April 2000. He had prised upon a roller-shutter in the early hours of the morning using a crowbar. After the offence, he was arrested outside the shop. The Applicant was sentenced to detention at a training centre. He now seeks leave to appeal against his sentence.