30 Apr 1999
HKSAR v. LAU KWOK CHING AND OTHERS
- Citation
- HKSAR v. LAU KWOK CHING AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC411/1997
Where delay is alleged, actual evidence of prejudice is required before a stay or special directions are mandated; the trial judge's directions on lapse of time, burden and accomplice caution were adequate given the absence of evidence of actual prejudice; prior interviews/statements properly admitted and used to test credibility when put in issue by parties; co-accused's guilty plea is not evidence of guilt of co-defendants; fresh evidence about D4's accident was not sufficiently cogent or outcome-determinative to justify a new trial; however original custodial sentences were excessive in li…