25 May 2023
香港特別行政區 訴 曾慶彰及另二人
- Citation
- [2023] HKCFI 1243
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA283/2021
The court upheld the first appellant's conviction because identification and chain of custody for his laser pointer were proven beyond reasonable doubt on rehearing, and the expert evidence established the items were class 3B lasers with no credible explanation for legitimate use at the scene; however the convictions of the second and third appellants were quashed because the prosecution failed to call or account for an assisting officer (25087) who handled searches at source, leaving an evidentiary gap in the chain of custody for their claimed laser pointers that raised unresolved reasonable…