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Hong Kong Case Law

Assault/affray
  • 30 Apr 2024

    香港特別行政區 訴 周玉坤

    Citation
    [2024] HKCFI 1399
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMA440/2022

    Trial judge properly and repeatedly viewed CCTV footage and compared it with contemporaneous hospital photographs; cumulative features — identical football shirt with identifiable marks, short hair and hairline, matching short trousers with Adidas marking, observed change of footwear, repeated appearances on clear channel footage, and head injury consistent with medical report — supported reliable identification. The judge had taken Turnbull cautions into account. The totality of evidence proved the appellant's participation in the affray beyond reasonable doubt; conviction stands.