HKSAR v. Lo Ching Pui

Case No.DCCC 823/2008

Court

District Court

Date23 Jan 2009

Judge—

Case Document

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DCCC823/2008

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

CRIMINAL CASE NO. 823 OF 2008

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	HKSAR
	v.
	Lo Ching-pui

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Before: H H Judge Whaley

Date: 23 January 2009 at 12.25 pm

Present:

Mr Michael T H Tsang, Counsel on fiat, for HKSAR
Mr Ng Ka-chung, Simon, instructed by Messrs Fairbairn Catley Low & Kong, for the Defendant

Offence: Burglary (入屋犯法罪)

Reasons for Sentence

1.The defendant has been convicted after trial of one charge of burglary.

2.He burgled the commercial premises styled MK 88 Game Centre in Nathan Road, Mong Kok and stole approximately $88,000, two hard disks from the CCTV systems and one rucksack.

3.The defendant is 26 years of age. He has a clear record.

4.The well-established starting point for burglary of non-domestic premises, is 30 months' imprisonment. I can see no reason on the facts of the present case to depart from that guideline.

5.I do adopt a starting point of 30 months’ imprisonment and I can see no reason at all to discount that, and the sentence I impose is 30 months' imprisonment.

H.H. Judge Whaley
District Judge