16 Feb 2017
HKSAR v. ZHOU LIMEI
- Citation
- HKSAR v. ZHOU LIMEI
- Court
- Court of Final Appeal
- Case number
- FACC10/2016
The appellant's utterance, made after her luggage had been opened, a packet sliced, a positive rapid test reported and after arrest and caution, was not reasonably capable of being an admission that she 'all along' knew she was carrying dangerous drugs (the version including the Cantonese particle '啩' expressed uncertainty); the trial judge erred in leaving the statement to the jury without first considering admissibility and the residual exclusionary discretion; the statement should be excluded and the conviction quashed with a retrial ordered.