Read the full judgment text of CACC 000034/1998 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 1 April 1998.
1. The Applicant, D2 at trial, pleaded guilty in the District Court before Judge Hawkes to being a member of the crew of a ship which entered Hong Kong with unauthorized entrants on board. He was sentenced to two years and eight months' imprisonment. He now seeks leave to appeal against his sentence on a number of grounds including difficult family circumstances and what he says was the small role that he played.