Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000116/2007 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 28 March 2007.
1. This is an appeal against sentence for unlawfully remaining in Hong Kong. The appellant pleaded guilty and received 21 months' imprisonment. It had been increased from the habitual 15 months by reason of the fact that on five previous occasions beginning in the year 2000 and going up to the year 2005, he had committed identical offences and had been sentenced then to terms of either 15 months, 18 months or 21 months. It goes without saying if you keep committing the same crime, you will ge