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Hong Kong Case Law

Evidence overlap
  • 25 Sept 2025

    香港特別行政區 訴 汪洋

    Citation
    [2025] HKDC 1454
    Court
    District Court
    Case number
    DCCC1025/2024

    The court found a sufficient nexus among the three laundering charges—common nature, overlapping time periods, same account operator, typical laundering features and relevant sequence that bears on mens rea—and concluded consolidation would not cause unfair prejudice because each count will be considered separately; efficiency and overlapping evidence justify consolidation under Cap.221 s18(1) and Cap.221C r7.