Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000844/1995 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 19 December 1995.
1. This was an appeal against a sentence of 6 months imposed for an offence of wounding, contrary to section 19 of the Offences Against the Person Ordinance, Cap.212. These offences involved the infliction of very minor wounds with a screwdriver. In his Reasons for Sentence, the learned Magistrate decided that the only method of dealing with this offence was by way of an immediate custodial sentence.