22 Apr 1999
HKSAR v. LAW KAN FAI LUKE
- Citation
- HKSAR v. LAW KAN FAI LUKE
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA304/1999
The appeal was allowed because material inconsistencies and weaknesses in the prosecution witnesses' evidence—including conflicting accounts about the defendant's movements and whether the object came from his pocket, errors about the street number suggesting possible discussion between officers, and presence of bystanders—left a lurking doubt that the conviction was unsafe; conviction quashed and sentence set aside.