Read the full judgment text of CACC 000281/2006 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 21 June 2007.
1. The Applicant pleaded guilty to one charge of Conspiracy to Rob, contrary to section 10 of the Theft Ordinance, Cap. 210 and sections 159A and 159C of the Crimes Ordinance, Cap. 200. Deputy District Judge S.M. Sham took 5 years as the starting point for sentence and reduced it to 45 months for the plea. He refused to give the Applicant the usual ⅓ discount for his guilty plea because the Applicant had asked the court to conduct a Newton enquiry into the evidence relating to the incident. T