24 Oct 2012
HKSAR v. AKHEMETZYANOVA, IRINA
- Citation
- HKSAR v. AKHEMETZYANOVA, IRINA
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC194/2011
The Court allowed the appeal, set aside the conviction and ordered a retrial because the judge's summing-up contained a factual misrepresentation and a directive question that invited the jury to draw an impermissible inference (guilt by association) unsupported by the evidence; that error undermined confidence in the verdict despite the court finding the prosecution's presentation and other directions on trafficking were adequate overall.