The Queen v. Tse Tat Fu
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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG KONG (Appellate Jurisdiction) MAGISTRACY CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 810 of 1987 ______________ BETWEEN THE QUEEN and TSE TAT FU ______________ Coram: Hon. Bewley, J. in Court Date of hearing: 16th December 1987 Date of delivery of judgment: 16th December 1987 ______________ JUDGMENT ______________ 1. The appellant pleaded guilty to shoplifting and was sentenced to two years imprisonment by Mr. Paterson-Todd at Fanling Magistracy. He was caught rd-handed stealing a wallet on a train at Lowu. 2. The facts are very similar to those in a recent case tried by the same magistrate, in which the sentence was reduced on appeal from 20 months to 12 months imprisonment. See R. v. Hau Tai-wai[1]. 3. The appellant is 25. He has six previous convictions. 4. For the reasons given in R. v. Hau Tai-wai the appeal is allowed and the sentence reduced to 12 months.
Mr. R. Davies, Crown Counsel, for Respondent Miss B. Chainrai (assigned by D.L.A.) for Appellant [1] Mag. App. 769/87 |