18 Feb 2003
HKSAR v. POON CHI WING
- Citation
- HKSAR v. POON CHI WING
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA584/2002
The appeal was allowed because a material irregularity occurred: the appellant was effectively compelled to accept the prosecution expert's statement read under section 65B because the magistrate remanded him in custody for the adjournment period. That coercion undermined the fairness of the trial; the expert should have been called and, therefore, the conviction and sentence were quashed and a retrial ordered.