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Hong Kong Case Law

Admissibility of prior misconduct
  • 22 Apr 2020

    HKSAR v. MOK CHUN YIN

    Citation
    [2020] HKCA 231
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CACC144/2018

    The September 2013 incident evidence was properly admissible and relevant to the breakdown of the relationship and the applicant's purpose in attending on the deceased; the trial judge's directions on differences between the VRI and trial evidence, and on PW9's evidence, were legally correct and in fact more favourable to the defence than required; issues of PW9's sobriety and timing were matters for jury determination. Consequently the applicant's convictions and trial were not vitiated and leave to appeal was refused.