Read the full judgment text of CAAR 000008/1999 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 16 March 2000.
1. This matter comes before us as an application by the Secretary for Justice, with the leave of the Chief Judge of the High Court which was granted on 12 November 1999, for a review pursuant to section 81A of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance, Cap. 221, of the sentence of four years' imprisonment which was passed on Lam Kai-wah, the Respondent, on 28 October 1999 by Gall J. This sentence followed the Respondent's plea of guilty to causing grievous bodily harm to Madam Law Ka-wah (the victim) wit