Hong Kong Case Law

12 Jun 2019

香港特別行政區 訴 高詠恩

Citation

[2019] HKCFI 1381

Court

Court of First Instance

Case number

HCMA605/2018

Appeal allowed because, on the evidence before the court (notably the description of the bed and the absence of a clear mechanism showing a deliberate act likely to cause unnecessary harm), there was a reasonable doubt whether the appellant committed an intentional assault in a manner likely to cause unnecessary harm; the conviction was therefore unsafe and was quashed.

• Assault causing harm to a child
• Credibility of child witness
• Appellate review for unsafe conviction
• Custody dispute as potential motive
• Statutory element: likely to cause unnecessary harm