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HCMA 315/2008
IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
MAGISTRACY APPEAL NO. 315 OF 2008
(ON APPEAL FROM TMCC 69/2007)
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BETWEEN
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HKSAR |
Respondent |
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YANG XIU HAO (楊修好)(D2) |
Appellant |
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Before: Deputy High Court Judge Line in Court
Date of Hearing: 20 May 2008
Date of Judgment: 20 May 2008
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J U D G M E N T
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1. This is an appeal against sentences totalling 19 months following pleas of guilty to unlawfully remaining in Hong Kong and theft. The theft involved entry into a container that had been converted into an office. That office was ransacked and electronic consumer items to the value of $11,200 were stolen. The goods were not recovered.
2. This appellant entered pleas of guilty and the sentence for the unlawful remaining was the standard 15 months' imprisonment. The magistrate took a starting-point of 9 months for the theft and imposed 6 months after plea ordering that 4 months be consecutive and 2 concurrent to the 15 months, making a total of 19.
3. The appellant today says that people in prison with him have committed worse crime and received lesser sentences. I frankly find that hard to believe. But even if it were so, it would not persuade me to reduce the sentences here which, if anything, were on the light side. The appeal against sentence is dismissed.
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Deputy High Court Judge |
Mr Tam Sze-lok, Senior Government Counsel, of the Department of Justice, for HKSAR
Appellant, Yang, Xiu-hao (楊修好), in person
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