Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Identification and corroboration evidence

Legal area

Court

16 Apr 2020

HKSAR v. CHEN JINGWEI AND ANOTHER

Citation

[2020] HKDC 146
Court

District Court
Case number

DCCC559/2019

The court held that joinder was proper because the two charges in DCCC846 and Charges 1,3-10 in DCCC559 exhibited sufficient factual nexus and legal similarity (common middleman D1, repeating modus operandi, corroborative identification, recruitment and document procurement patterns, payments and overlapping time frame) to constitute a series of offences under Rule 7; no unfairness or prejudice to the accused was identified, so consolidation was ordered.
11 Feb 2004

HKSAR v. WU PAK HUNG

Citation

HKSAR v. WU PAK HUNG
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMA1027/2003

The appeal was dismissed because the magistrate properly found PW1 honest, credible and reliable, the apparent discrepancies between PW1 and PW3 were not material to the critical issue of possession and knowledge, the magistrate was not obliged to address those inconsistencies orally given they were not crucial, and the prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt that the appellant was in possession of the drugs.