20 Apr 2021
HKSAR v. HAN CHIN CHOU
- Citation
- [2021] HKCA 511
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC190/2019
The Court held that the judge's interventions were lawful case management and did not amount to bias or denial of a fair trial; disputed witness remarks were personality descriptions not propensity evidence and were not prejudicial; cross-examination of the pathologist was properly and fairly conducted and the expert's totality-based opinion was for the jury to weigh; references to lack of puttage and to inconsistencies were neutral and did not invite an adverse inference of guilt; the judge gave adequate directions about lies and credibility; taken as a whole the summing-up was fair and the…