10 Oct 2011
HKSAR v. OSBORNE, ASHLEY DALE
- Citation
- HKSAR v. OSBORNE, ASHLEY DALE
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA208/2011
The appellate court concluded the magistrate's reasons for rejecting the defence were flawed and inadequate on multiple points (including improper treatment of witness absence, insufficient handling of character evidence, cursory treatment of self-defence and unjustified rejection of DW2), rendering the credibility findings unsafe; accordingly convictions could not stand and were quashed.