9 Jul 2020
香港特別行政區 訴 陳珩及另六人
- Citation
- [2020] HKDC 521
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCCC868/2019
The court exercised its discretion under the Criminal Procedure Ordinance to order severance because the two groups of charges concern distinct events with different participants and largely non‑overlapping evidence; trying them together would introduce irrelevant/prejudicial material into particular defendants' trials, extend hearing time and risk unfairness (notably to an unrepresented defendant), while causing no unfair prejudice to the prosecution.