11 Jan 2024
HKSAR v. CHAN MO SAN MICHAEL
- Citation
- [2024] HKCFI 68
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA98/2023
On rehearing the court found material errors and unfairness in the magistrate's treatment of photographic and CCTV evidence, failure to require or consider contemporaneous phone records and medical documentation adequately, and material inconsistencies in prosecution witness evidence and motive that undermined the safety of the conviction; accordingly the conviction was unsafe and was quashed.