16 Oct 2018
HKSAR v. YEUNG CHUN HIN
- Citation
- [2018] HKCA 712
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC339/2017
The judge materially failed to give the mandatory structured Mushtaq/Specimen Direction 39.1 required when admissions are contested as possibly induced or fabricated; because the admissions were central to the prosecution case this omission rendered the conviction unsafe and warranted quashing and a retrial.