Read the full judgment text of CACC 000581/1999 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 7 January 2000.
1. On 10 November 1999, the Applicant pleaded guilty in the District Court before Judge Chua to a charge of robbery and a second charge of remaining in Hong Kong without authority. He was sentenced to 3 1/2 years' imprisonment on the first charge and to 15 months on the second, with 12 months ordered to run consecutively. The Applicant now seeks leave to appeal against his overall sentence of 4 1/2 years' imprisonment for reasons which appear mainly to relate to his domestic circumstances and hi