1 Mar 1977
WONG CHOI-FUNG v. THE QUEEN
- Citation
- WONG CHOI-FUNG v. THE QUEEN
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC61/1977
The convictions for keeping a disorderly house, assaulting a police officer and escaping custody were quashed because the facts did not meet the common law requirements for those offences (only a single woman involved; premises were a private flat; police entry was by deception and the officer was a trespasser and not acting in execution of duty). The resisting arrest charge was technically proved because the arrest was arguably lawful under Police Force Ordinance s.50, but given the reprehensible police conduct and circumstances that invited resistance the court ordered that no conviction be…