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1. The Defendant applies for leave to appeal against a sentence of 5 years imposed upon him following his plea of guilty to a single charge of theft involving a sum of $1 million in Hong Kong currency. He was, at the time with which we are concerned, the commander of a crew employed by the Hong Kong Security Ltd. As part of the duties of his employment, on the 11th October, he and his crew took a large quantity of cash, collected from the Jockey Club premises after a race meeting held on the 10t