31 Jan 1984
THE QUEEN v. CHAN TAT-WAH
- Citation
- THE QUEEN v. CHAN TAT-WAH
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC545/1983
Because the oral admission and the cautioned statement were bound together and there was a real possibility they were induced (by police threats and third‑party pressure) coupled with substantial contradictions and evidence that DPC5639 altered the statement, the evidence should not have been before the jury; in those circumstances the conviction was unsafe and had to be quashed.