20 Sept 1988
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL v. LAU CHI-TIN AND OTHERS
- Citation
- THE ATTORNEY GENERAL v. LAU CHI-TIN AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA300/1988
The magistrate erred in disallowing dock identifications and in requiring descriptive foundations where witnesses had repeatedly seen the alleged blackmailers and the victim had identified them to the arresting police; a dock identification was permissible in those circumstances and the appropriate remedy was to remit the case for retrial by another magistrate.