Read the full judgment text of CACC 000051/1999 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 1 April 1999.
1. On 15th December 1998, the Applicant was convicted of two offences of domestic burglary following a trial before Judge Chua in the District Court. He pleaded guilty to remaining in Hong Kong without authority at the outset of the trial. He was sentenced to 3 1/2 years' imprisonment on each burglary, to run concurrently, and to 15 months' imprisonment for the immigration offence, of which four months was ordered to run consecutively making three years and ten months in all. The Applicant now s