17 Oct 1997
HKSAR v. HEUNG YU NAM
- Citation
- HKSAR v. HEUNG YU NAM
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC34/1997
The Court held that independent evidence linked the applicant to the conspiracy (delivery of passports on 9 and 12 February) satisfying the Hong Kong prima facie test, so the co-conspirator statements (including the April telephone call P8) were admissible as being in furtherance of the common purpose and to prove the applicant's participation; the judge properly rejected the applicant's explanations, the handling convictions were supported, the entrapment argument failed, and a Lucas direction was unnecessary in a bench trial.