TNAG-0486-FCO40-551-Review-of-death-sentence-in-Hong-Kong-1974 — Page 27

FCO40 Hong Kong Department Records 聯邦事務部香港部檔案 All

DATE

Apr.1973

NAME AND AGE

TSOI Kwok-cheung (28)

une 1973

CHAN Kam-wah (26)

Tune 1973

YEUNG Pui-yan (24)

5

CIRCUMSTANCES

REASONS FOR COMMUTATION

SENTENCE

Death

Killing in course of armed robbery by three persons.

No mitigating factors.

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.

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.

yrs.

25 yrs.

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