29 Jan 1999
CHIM HON MAN v. HKSAR
- Citation
- CHIM HON MAN v. HKSAR
- Court
- Court of Final Appeal
- Case number
- FACC3/1998
The appeal was allowed and convictions quashed because it was an error of law to permit the prosecution to rely on evidence of multiple acts of rape to prove two counts each alleging a single act without particularising or electing such that the accused could fairly meet the charges; concurrently, the videotaped interviews were admissible under s.79C and the live link was permissible under ss.79A/79B read together, but the frailty, lack of particularity, inadequate directions and absence of corroboration rendered the convictions unsafe and no retrial was ordered.