Read the full judgment text of CACC 000365/2001 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 3 January 2002.
1. This was a severe sentence for a burglary. However it was an exceptional case. The value of the diamonds which the applicant stole was somewhere in the region of $48,000,000. The theft involved a sophisticated and well thought out plan. It appears that the applicant came from Columbia to Hong Kong for the specific purpose of executing the plan. In all the circumstances I do not consider that the sentence imposed was manifestly excessive. Accordingly the application is refused.