Read the full judgment text of CAAR 000020/1986 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. Pursuant to leave and the terms of Section 81A of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance the Attorney General invites this Court to review the sentence of 8 years' imprisonment passed upon Au Chi Tak on 24th September 1986 by Deputy High Court Judge Leong following his conviction, on the verdict of a jury on the 10th of that month, of throwing corrosive fluid into the face of a young woman with intent. It is contended that the sentence in question was both wrong in principle and manifestly inadequa