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DATE
Apr.1973
NAME AND AGE
TSOI Kwok-cheung (28)
une 1973
CHAN Kam-wah (26)
Tune 1973
YEUNG Pui-yan (24)
CIRCUMSTANCES
Killing in course of armed robbery by three persons.
Gang fight. Accused and gang attacked deceased, after dispute in ballroom about a girl with knives.
Murder of fellow prisoner by stabbing after quarrel over a debt. Sudden row.
REASONS FOR COMMUTATION
SENTENCE
Death
No mitigating factors.
Ring-leader in the attack previously convicted of manslaughter and given eight years. Probably Chan did not strike any blow himself.
No pre-meditation - Stabbing in course of a struggle.
Judge recommended reprieve.
12 yrs.
25 yrs.