Read the full judgment text of CAAR 000010/1993 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 19 January 1994 before Macdougall V.-P., Sears JA, Kaplan JA.
Criminal law – sentencing – trafficking in dangerous drug – herbal cannabis – 93.26 kg – starting point – guidelines – manifestly inadequate – discount for guilty plea – cooperation with police – no discount for vague information – Attorney General v. Chan Chi-man [1987] HKLR 221 – The Queen v. Ng Tat-shing – R. v. Tam Yin-chung – application for review allowed – sentence increased from 3 years to 6 years – starting point of 8 years reduced to 6 years for plea and review context – no discount for providing names of alleged accomplices without proven value
Legal issues: Adequacy of sentence for trafficking in herbal cannabis · Discount for cooperation with police
Outcome: Application for review allowed; original sentence of three years' imprisonment set aside; substituted with a sentence of six years' imprisonment.