4 Jan 2022
香港特別行政區 訴 蘇廣達
- Citation
- [2021] HKCFI 3776
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA340/2020
The Court held that convictions for Counts 1 and 5 were unsafe because, on a full re‑examination of the evidence, alternative reasonable inferences (legitimate uses, resale intent, first‑aid purpose) existed such that the trial judge's inference that the items were possessed for use as offensive weapons was not the only irresistible inference; accordingly those convictions were quashed. By contrast, the Court accepted the prosecution expert evidence regarding P21 and concluded P21 met the statutory definition of a prohibited weapon under Cap 217 s4, so the conviction and 18‑month sentence for…