23 Jan 2020
HKSAR v. WONG YI CHING
- Citation
- [2020] HKCA 93
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC374/2018
Given the defence allegations of police misconduct (tearing cellophane, coaching and physical contact) the trial judge properly found an imputation on the character/credibility of prosecution witnesses under s54(1)(f)(ii), exercised her discretion on admissibility in a principled and restricted manner (permitting evidence only of convictions and detention, not nature of offences), and any omission to direct the jury about prior guilty pleas would not have affected the outcome; accordingly leave to appeal was refused.