1 Feb 2008
HKSAR v. LAU SIU HING
- Citation
- HKSAR v. LAU SIU HING
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA1136/2007
Given the four year delay, the failure of the contemporaneous complaint to include the most damaging allegation, the family context suggesting potential motive to exaggerate, and the magistrate's over-reliance on demeanour in a case with an unusual defendant, the appellate court concluded there is a reasonable doubt and quashed the conviction; retrial was not appropriate.