30 Nov 1983
THE QUEEN v. LAI MING-KIT
- Citation
- THE QUEEN v. LAI MING-KIT
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC1422/1983
Where police obtain admissions from a person while investigating another and without cautioning him once suspicion of his involvement arises, it is unfair to use those admissions in a subsequent prosecution of that person; the trial court should exclude such evidence and the appellate court will intervene where refusal to exclude results in injustice.