Read the full judgment text of HCMP 002208/2004 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 26 October 2004.
1. The respondent Lai Hung Wai belongs to a class of prisoners who were convicted of the offence of murder at the time when they were below the age of 18. On 28 November 1989 he was sentenced by Hooper J to be detained at Her Majesty’s pleasure in accordance with the then section 70 of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance (CPO), Cap.221. By its very nature the sentence is of an indeterminate term. By the end of November 2004, the respondent would have been in prison for some 15 years. This figur
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