Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000878/2009 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 7 January 2010.
1. The Appellant pleaded guilty to fraud at the Kowloon City Magistracy on 6 October 2009 and was sentenced to 6 months’ imprisonment. He was also ordered to pay compensation in the sum of $16,684.00 to the Social Welfare Department and was given a period of time in which to pay the compensation. The payment of that sum should have been by 11 December 2009, but I understand that it has not yet been paid for reasons explained by the Appellant. The appeal is against the sentence of imprisonment