THE QUEEN
CHUNG LAI-CHING
Miss Yasmin Mahomed, S.C.C.
HCMA 944/1995
HCMA000944/1995
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG KONG
(Appellate Jurisdiction)
MAGISTRACY APPEAL NO. 944 OF 1995
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Coram : Hon Duffy, J. in Court
Date of hearing : 4 January 1996
Date of handing down judgment : 9 January 1996
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J U D G M E N T
1. This was an appeal against a sentence of 15 months imposed for possession of a forged Hong Kong Identity Card and remaining in Hong Kong without the authority of the Director of Immigration. The sentences imposed were 15 months on each charge and they were ordered to be served concurrently.
2. These sentences were perfectly proper and there was no basis in law for my interfering with them. However, submissions were made to me on the basis that the appellant's mother was in a critical state, suffering from kidney disease, and required a kidney transplant to keep her alive. It was submitted that the most appropriate donor would be her only daughter, the appellant. The appellant produced certificates in support of this contention. These certificates take two or three months to ratify, but the appellant was due to be released in less than that time. As an act of mercy, therefore, I allowed the appeal and ordered that she be released immediately.
Representation:
Miss Yasmin Mahomed, S.C.C., for Crown
Appellant in person