26 Jul 2019
HKSAR v. ALI MUHAMMAD KAMRAN
- Citation
- [2019] HKCA 835
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC202/2018
The convictions on Charges 3, 4 and 5 are upheld because independent extraneous facts — including the video transcript showing procurement of a false certificate, banker affirmations and cheques (one cashed by the applicant), substantial deposits into the applicant's account contemporaneous with meetings, the handwritten note (Exhibit P9) and connecting text messages, together with nurse testimony — sufficiently corroborated the complainant's account and supported the inference that the applicant knowingly participated in repeated blackmail schemes; the trial judge applied an appropriate appr…