6 Feb 2025
香港特別行政區 訴 阮成明
- Citation
- [2025] HKCFI 588
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA272/2024
The trial judge correctly applied the two-stage special/general issues procedure, properly excluded the on-scene oral statement but found the P6 meeting record voluntary after considering the appellant's demeanour, lack of medical/expert proof of incapacity, and corroborating CCTV; the duress defence was rejected as inherently implausible on the evidence; therefore the prosecution proved the offence of criminal damage beyond reasonable doubt and the sentence of 9 months (with HKD 500 compensation) was within the appropriate range and not manifestly excessive.