2 Sept 2014
HKSAR v. PRIYARATHNAGE, RNAGA THUSHARA JAYAWARDHANE
- Citation
- HKSAR v. PRIYARATHNAGE, RNAGA THUSHARA JAYAWARDHANE
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA247/2014
The plea of guilty was not demonstrably unequivocal and the appellant may have held a factual belief that he had been granted an extension of stay; therefore it was unsafe to rely on the guilty plea, the conviction was quashed and the matter remitted to the Magistrates Court for plea of not guilty and trial before another Magistrate.