16 Aug 2013
HKSAR v. SHAHID
- Citation
- HKSAR v. SHAHID
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA168/2013
Charge 1 was defective as pleaded at arraignment because it omitted the essential mens rea element of intending to induce belief, so the guilty plea to that defective charge was a nullity; Charge 2 was mistranslated such that the element of inducing belief was not put and the standard of interpretation fell below constitutional requirements, rendering that plea a nullity; consequently both convictions quashed and sentences set aside.