1 Dec 1999
HKSAR v. SIU PING FUK AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- HKSAR v. SIU PING FUK AND ANOTHER
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCCC264/1999
On the depositions before the magistrate the only evidence against the 2nd accused was his own interview which repeatedly asserted lack of any intention to commit murder and explained conduct as a scheme to cheat for money; there was no independent evidence of agreement or any overt act inconsistent with innocence and the prosecution could not point to facts that excluded an innocent hypothesis; therefore there was insufficient evidence to establish a prima facie case of conspiracy to murder and the accused must be discharged under s.16(3) CPO.