26 Jul 2016
HKSAR v. LAU CHUNG PIU
- Citation
- HKSAR v. LAU CHUNG PIU
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC213/2015
The judge did not err in refusing leave under section 154 because the post-incident magazine article and DVD were published eight months after the alleged rape and, given the sparse evidence of any ongoing psychological impact, were not shown to be inconsistent with the complainant's account; further, admitting the material would impermissibly invite the jury to infer consent from alleged promiscuity and the circumstances depicted were materially different from the facts of the offence, so the material was not sufficiently relevant to consent to warrant leave.