Janardana Jayasankarr v PP

On a magistrate's appeal against sentence for voluntarily causing hurt to a domestic helper (Penal Code s 323 read with s 73(2)), unreported sentencing decisions are of very limited precedential value because they lack the particulars needed to understand what weighed on the sentencing judge, and the sentencing of maid-abuse offences is an area that may benefit from a comprehensive review.