6 Sept 2019
HKSAR v. SHAKEEL AHMED
- Citation
- [2019] HKCA 1013
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC61/2017
Leave to appeal against conviction is granted solely on the ground that the trial judge's directions concerning 'acting on information'/'target person' evidence did not fully discharge the duty to prevent improper prejudice to the jury (per Chung Tang Ping); all other grounds of alleged misdirection or evidentiary defect were not reasonably arguable; leave to appeal sentence out of time is refused because the applicant's explanation for delay was implausible and the sentences were lawfully arrived at by applying established authorities and an appropriate Form 8 enhancement; the forfeiture ord…