HKSAR v. YEUNG SAI FAI
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CACC000176/2002
CACC 176/2002
IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
COURT OF APPEAL
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 176 OF 2002
(ON APPEAL FROM DCCC 99 OF 2002)
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| BETWEEN | ||
| HKSAR | Respondent | |
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| YEUNG SAI-FAI | Applicant |
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Coram: Hon Mayo VP in Court
Date of Hearing: 16 July 2002
Date of Judgment: 16 July 2002
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J U D G M E N T
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1. The applicant asks that he be put on probation on account of the fact that he is remorseful and needs to look after his grandmother.
2. This was a very serious offence. The applicant and another man mugged a female and snatched her handbag. There were no convincing mitigating circumstances. But for his relatively tender age of 17 years he would have received a substantial term of imprisonment. Having regard to all the circumstances the Judge was entirely right to order that the applicant should be remanded in a training centre.
3. The application for leave to appeal against sentence is dismissed.
| (Simon Mayo) | |
| Vice-President |
Representation:
Miss Lily Wong, SGC, of the Department of Justice, for the Respondent.
Applicant in person.