14 Nov 2023
香港特別行政區 訴 潘家駿
- Citation
- [2023] HKDC 1620
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCCC1048/2022
The court excluded the alleged oral confession as unreliable because police accounts were inconsistent and failed to contemporaneously record key matters (the defendant's spontaneous reference to the scene, the giving of cautions and the defendant's refusal to sign), leaving the confession unsupported; with the confession excluded, CCTV and glove evidence were insufficient to prove identity beyond reasonable doubt, so the prosecution failed to discharge its burden and the defendant could not be convicted.