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Distress as corroboration
  • 5 Jun 1998

    HKSAR v. KWOK WAI CHAU

    Citation
    HKSAR v. KWOK WAI CHAU
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CACC502/1997

    The distress exhibited by the complainant was capable in law of corroborating her evidence that non-consensual intercourse occurred and the trial judge properly left that question to the jury with appropriate warnings about genuineness and limited weight; where identity is not in issue, distress relating to an incident involving multiple perpetrators can corroborate the complainant's account that the applicant participated; application for leave to appeal dismissed.