28 Apr 2006
HKSAR v. PEARCE, MATT JAMES
- Citation
- HKSAR v. PEARCE, MATT JAMES
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA313/2006
Convictions for the race-course offences (HCMA 1029/2005) are quashed because although the appellant's conduct on the track was disorderly and unlawful he had not been shown to have caused the requisite common injury nor was there sufficient basis to conclude a breach of the peace was likely; conviction for the Spiderman incident (HCMA 313/2006) is upheld because the appellant's deliberate choice of time, place and conduct foreseeably caused substantial congestion and obstruction of rights common to the public and he knew or ought to have known the consequences; sentencing for HCMA 313/2006 (…