Hong Kong Case Law

25 Nov 1999

HKSAR v. LEE WAI KWOK

Citation

HKSAR v. LEE WAI KWOK

Court

Court of First Instance

Case number

HCMA671/1999

The Court dismissed the appeal because ownership was established and, although the evidence was chiefly circumstantial, there was sufficient evidence together with the appellant's admission for the magistrate properly to find appropriation and the requisite intent to permanently deprive.

• Theft from clothes-line
• Circumstantial evidence
• Admission to police
• Intent to permanently deprive
• Standard of appellate review of conviction