1 Mar 1989
THE QUEEN v. LO CHI KEUNG
- Citation
- THE QUEEN v. LO CHI KEUNG
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC243/1987
The Court dismissed the appeal: the video reconstruction and transcript were admissible because the applicant voluntarily agreed to participate after warning; there was no credible evidence that the police staged, scripted or improperly directed the reconstruction; the trial judge lawfully assessed voluntariness, properly directed the jury on the consequences of the accused's failure to give evidence without inviting an adverse inference, and fairly put the defence. Deficiencies in cross-examination resulted from inadequate instructions to counsel, for which the remedy is to require clearer p…