Hong Kong teen who admitted throwing petrol bombs sent to detention centre, after Court of Appeal decides initial punishment wasn’t tough enough

A Hong Kong teenager previously given probation for hurling petrol bombs was sent to a detention centre by the Court of Appeal on Thursday, after it earlier agreed with prosecutors that his original sentence was “manifestly inadequate”.The case was reviewed after Magistrate Kelly Shui, who presided over the boy’s trial, became one of three judicial officers to receive thousands of complaints over her conduct.Originally given 18 months’ probation, half of which was to be spent in a juvenile…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3101864/hong-kong-teen-who-admitted-throwing-petrol-bombs-sent