agger this.
個官係bound by maximum sentence (of the charge and of the the level of court that the trial is held in)同埋一堆case law
"The maximum term of imprisonment a District Court judge can impose is seven years"
https://www.clic.org.hk/en/topics/policeAndCrime/court_procedure/q1
當然呢個案件係非常非常之嚴重啦 我都同意樓主嘅講法
至於點解律政司唔攞leave去high court審 係唔係只係根據prosecution code去做決定定係另有內情就不得而知lu~
in any event, 個官已經做晒佢可以做嘅嘢 如果佢判多過7年 咁就實俾人appeal錯程序etc etc 俾appeal court屌柒 + may come across as overt bias俾其他啲大大大大老爺屌架啦
唔係為E Yip辯護純粹係佢冇其他野可以做lol