16 Jan 2013
HKSAR v. CHIU KIN SHING
- Citation
- HKSAR v. CHIU KIN SHING
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC96/2012
The court held there was no error in the trial judge's rulings: the oral admission at the scene and the two video-recorded interviews were voluntary and admissible; exclusion of the post-record was a proper exercise of residual discretion given procedural defects; the judge properly assessed credibility issues (including the Pol-153 alterations) and her summing-up was balanced and adequate; omissions such as failing to mention the unexplained '1749' notation were immaterial and could not have assisted the defence; the standard direction regarding the accused not giving evidence was correct. A…