20 Sept 2012
HKSAR v. MOHAMMAD AMJAD
- Citation
- HKSAR v. MOHAMMAD AMJAD
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC423/2011
The conviction was safe: the trial judge permissibly drew an irresistible inference of participation in the robbery from the totality of circumstantial evidence—recent possession of the stolen phone, proximity to the stolen bag, presence with an identified robber close in time and place to the offence, and the applicant's false account; the recent possession principle was applied as an inferential tool alongside other evidence, and the sentence of 5 years 6 months was within the appropriate guideline range.