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Topic

Confession/admission evidence

Legal area

Court

14 Oct 1998

HKSAR v. LAI KANG WAN

Citation

HKSAR v. LAI KANG WAN
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACC308/1998

The conviction was safe because it was supported by the applicant's unchallenged admissions of touching the child's intimate parts and by corroborating circumstantial factors (the child's physical development, that bathing by the applicant was infrequent, and the mother's absence), allowing the trial judge to conclude beyond reasonable doubt that the acts were deliberate indecent assault; therefore the application for leave to appeal was without merit and dismissed.
28 May 1996

R. v. TSANG CHUN HEI

Citation

R. v. TSANG CHUN HEI
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACC8/1996

The judge's directions and summing-up were accurate and fair; there was sufficient evidence independent of the confessions on which a reasonable jury could convict; the admission of previous convictions was within the judge's discretion given the applicant's attack on witness character and implication of law-abidingness, and the judge properly cautioned the jury — therefore leave to appeal against conviction was refused.