Read the full judgment text of CACC 000027/2007 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 14 February 2007 before Yeung JA and Lunn J.
Criminal law – sentencing – failure to surrender to custody – starting point – one-third discount for guilty plea – appeal – leave to appeal dismissed – The applicant failed to surrender to custody for over nine years after being granted bail – He pleaded guilty to a single charge under section 9L(1) and (3) of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance – The District Court judge imposed six months' imprisonment without stating the starting point – The Court of Appeal inferred a starting point of nine months, with a one-third discount for the guilty plea – The sentence was upheld as appropriate given the lengthy period of absconding and the applicant's criminal record – Application for leave to appeal dismissed.
Legal issues: Starting point for sentence for failure to surrender to custody · One-third discount for guilty plea
Outcome: Application for leave to appeal against sentence dismissed.