28 Jan 1997
R. v. YIU KWOK FAI
- Citation
- R. v. YIU KWOK FAI
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA1268/1996
The conviction was unsafe because it rested on the accuracy of a single police observer's testimony in congested, moving traffic; the magistrate failed to adequately consider the reliability of that observation and the Crown conceded the conviction was unsafe, therefore the appeal is allowed and the fine set aside.