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Hong Kong tutor who plotted to murder flight attendant gets 3-year jail term reduction
A Hong Kong private tutor, Stephen So Hon-to, had his 27-year sentence for plotting to murder his business partner reduced by three years, but his conviction was upheld. The Court of Appeal ruled the original sentence was too high, though the crime was described as egregious.
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