11 Mar 2025
香港特別行政區 訴 魏永發
- Citation
- [2025] HKCFI 2236
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA408/2024
Viewing the CCTV and witness evidence de novo, the court concluded beyond reasonable doubt that the appellant failed to observe the rear area while reversing at an inappropriate steady speed despite limited rear-vision and known unreliability of the display; the trial judge permissibly rejected the expert reconstruction evidence for want of reliable foundation; the driving fell far below the standard of a competent careful driver and constituted dangerous driving causing death; the custodial sentence of 11 months (reduced from a 12‑month starting point) was within applicable guidelines and no…