3 Dec 2008
HKSAR v. WONG YING KIT
- Citation
- HKSAR v. WONG YING KIT
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC27/2008
The conviction for robbery was quashed because the judge's reliance on the 2nd defendant's evidence was unsafe: the accomplice's account was inherently improbable on the timeline and geography, the judge failed to assess the accomplice's propensity and credibility properly, and alternative explanations for the 1st defendant's possession were not adequately considered; substitution of an alternative verdict for handling was not made because the trial judge did not make findings (or clear implications) as to the appellant's knowledge that the pendant was stolen independent of the flawed accompl…