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Hong Kong Case Law

Flight/evasion as inference
  • 21 Jul 2022

    香港特別行政區 訴 鄭敏

    Citation
    [2022] HKCFI 1984
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMA406/2020

    Although the laser pen was not inherently an offensive weapon, the trial judge legitimately relied on cumulative circumstantial evidence — the location amid violent incidents, appellant's proximity to black-clad demonstrators, the laser pen's accessibility in her trouser pocket, implausibility of defence explanations (saline use, conduct, attire) — to conclude beyond reasonable doubt that the appellant possessed the pen with intent to harm; the appellate court found no reversible error and dismissed the appeal.