6 Jul 2021
香港特別行政區 訴 張皓廸
- Citation
- [2021] HKCFI 1868
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA277/2020
The conviction was quashed because the prosecution failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt that the appellant's threats were of a kind to cause the complainant reputational harm; the magistrate did not explain the basis for that essential finding and the High Court could not fairly substitute its own inference on that element given the evidential record.