Read the full judgment text of CACC 000430/1999 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 6 January 2000.
1. The Applicant appeared in the District Court on a charge sheet that contained 3 charges. He pleaded guilty at the commencement of the trial to the first charge of handling stolen goods and the third charge of remaining in Hong Kong without the authority of the Director of Immigration after having landed unlawfully in Hong Kong. He pleaded not guilty to the second charge of attempted robbery and was acquitted after a trial. In the result, Deputy Judge P Li sentenced him to a total sentence of