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Hong Kong Case Law

Entrapment and state conduct
  • 3 Aug 2016

    HKSAR v. LO YEE TING

    Citation
    HKSAR v. LO YEE TING
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CACC25/2016

    The judge's factual findings that the handwritten note, CCTV/audio recordings and the intercepted card proved an agreement to smuggle dangerous drugs into the prison were open to the trier of fact; absence of evidence from the named sender/recipient did not negate the conspiracy; no reasonably arguable ground of appeal against conviction or sentence was shown and the applications for leave to appeal against conviction and sentence were refused.

    • Conspiracy to traffic dangerous drugs
    • Admissibility and weight of cctv and audio evidence
    • Sentencing starting points and aggravating features
    • Entrapment and state conduct