HKSAR v. YEUNG KA SHING

HCMA 592/2004

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

MAGISTRACY APPEAL NO. 592 OF 2004

(ON APPEAL FROM NKCC No. 960/2004)

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1. The Appellant appeals sentences of six months imprisonment imposed after a plea of guilty on each of two charges of theft, the sentences to be served consecutively. Each offence involved the snatching of a woman's handbag: each occurred in the early hours of the morning.

2. The Appellant has a history of similar offences.

3. The sentences were not too severe. The starting point adopted by the Magistrate in each was well below what, in fact, would have been appropriate.

4. The appeal is dismissed.