Read the full judgment text of HCMP 002213/2004 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 17 December 2004.
1. This is an application by the Secretary for Justice pursuant to section 67C(1) of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance, Cap.221 (“CPO”) for a determination under section 67C(3) and (4) of the CPO. The respondents, Tang Yuk Kwan and Lam King Wa, belong to a class of prisoners who were convicted of the offence of murder at the time when they were below the age of 18. They were both convicted of one count of murder on 7 April 1992 before Keith J sitting with a jury. On the same day, they were sen