Read the full judgment text of CACV 000161/1998 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 3 July 1998.
1. This is an unusual case. The language used and the action taken by an otherwise responsible paper were unprecedented. On admitted facts or virtually admitted facts, the prisoner was sentenced. An appeal will be lodged. The intended appellant seeks bail pending appeal. The sentencing process took considerable time. Sentencing would seem to be uncharted in this area for Hong Kong and it is, therefore, understandable why the intended appellant and those, he has instructed, firmly believe that th