Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000979/1995 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 20 December 1995.
1. This was an appeal against a sentence of 18 months imposed for using a forged Hong Kong identity card, possession of a forged Hong Kong identity card and remaining in Hong Kong without authority. For the first two offences, sentences of 18 months were passed and a 15 months sentence was passed on the third offence. All sentences were ordered to run concurrently. None of the sentences passed was outwith the normal range of sentences for offences of this nature and none were manifestly excessiv