31 Jul 2023
HKSAR v. SOHAG HOWLADER
- Citation
- [2023] HKCA 923
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC83/2021
The court held the renewal grounds were without merit: no contemporaneous complaint about interpretation was made and a Bengali interpreter had been provided; the unclear photograph did not damage a defence that was properly put to the jury; the limited 'target' information did not require Chung Tang Ping directions because it was not used to identify the applicant and was admitted tactically by defence to support a frame-up theory; the judge adequately directed the jury on circumstantial evidence and the drawing of inferences including what constitutes the only irresistible inference; accord…