12 Jun 2012
香港特別行政區 訴 關偉强及另二人
- Citation
- 香港特別行政區 訴 關偉强及另二人
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC259/2011
The judge properly exercised the discretionary power to continue the trial in the first applicant's absence after reasonable enquiries; the first applicant's absence was voluntary so he cannot complain of unfairness or lost mitigation; the evidence (coordinated trip, formation and positioning at the scene, threatening language, admissions and payments) was sufficient to infer that the third and fifth applicants knew of and participated in a common purpose to extort and to obstruct justice, therefore their convictions are safe and the applications for leave to appeal are dismissed.