WAN KI WANG v. THE QUEEN
HTML content
CACC000292/1971
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG KONG
(APPELLATE JURISDICTION)
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 292 OF 1971
-----------------
| BETWEEN | ||
| WAN KI WANG | Appellant | |
| and | ||
| THE QUEEN | Respondent |
-----------------
Coram: Huggins, J.
Date of Judgment: 8th June, 1971.
-----------------
JUDGMENT
-----------------
1. The Appellant was convicted on his own confession on charges of robbery and membership of a Triad Society. He was sentenced to detention in a Training Centre.
2. He and another man went to a flat and obtained access by ringing the bell and bursting in when somebody answered the door. The two of them threatened these inside with pen knives. They cut the telephone cables, demanded money and took money, and then bound and gagged one of the occupants before making their escape.
3. The Appellant now has the audacity to say he committed this offence "out of curiosity". He is 20 years of age and has a clear record. Unfortunately the Probation Officer's report was far from favourable and the Probation Officer suggested that strict disciplinary training was required. In the light of that report and of the seriousness of the offence itself I do not see that the learned Magistrate could have done anything else but order some form of detention. The offence of membership of a Triad Society in all the circumstances adds very little to the case, but I am satisfied that this was an entirely proper sentence and the appeal is dismissed.
8th June, 1971.
Representation: