10 Oct 2014
香港特別行政區 訴 余炳新
- Citation
- 香港特別行政區 訴 余炳新
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA348/2014
The appeal is allowed because the trial judge's conduct towards the appellant, when viewed against the single-witness nature of the case, created a real impression of unfairness and lack of even-handedness; that undermined confidence in the safety of the conviction and required the conviction to be quashed.