8 Feb 2024
香港特別行政區 訴 劉珈葵
- Citation
- [2024] HKCFI 464
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA21/2023
Conviction quashed because the proved facts permitted a reasonable innocent inference (that the appellant, a 15‑year‑old, was an unwitting participant used by the buyer) and the prosecution did not exclude that innocent hypothesis beyond reasonable doubt; trial judge therefore fell into error by treating guilt as the only irresistible inference and by insufficiently assessing the appellant's mixed out‑of‑court statement and good character.