11 Jul 2008
HKSAR v. WONG HUNG FAI JOSEPH
- Citation
- HKSAR v. WONG HUNG FAI JOSEPH
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC153/2007
The judge was entitled to conclude on the evidence that the applicant knew the nature and quality of his act and was aware it was wrong despite suffering from schizophrenia; the defence bore the burden to prove legal insanity, there was no evidential basis for automatism, and the indefinite hospital order under s.45 was justified by psychiatric evidence and public protection; accordingly both conviction and sentence appeals were dismissed.