3 Dec 2013
HKSAR v. NANCY ANN KISSEL
- Citation
- HKSAR v. NANCY ANN KISSEL
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC66/2012
The Court held that a permanent stay was not required because a fair trial could be achieved by judicial case‑management and directions; Dr Lui's written opinion was inadmissible hearsay where the expert was not called and could not be used to bolster another expert on a contested issue; the prosecution case was supported by substantial evidence (spiked milkshake, concealment, forensic findings) and there was ample basis for the jury to reject defence psychiatric evidence; on the whole the conviction was neither unsafe nor unsatisfactory and the appeal was dismissed.