1 Dec 2020
HKSAR v. KO WAI KIT AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- [2020] HKCFI 3001
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCCC252/2019
The court admitted the immediate verbal utterance by the 2nd accused as a voluntary statement given after an adequate caution and relevant to identity and presence; excluded the later post‑recorded statement while admitting investigative acts and evidence subsequent to it; admitted selected WhatsApp screenshots as reliable and admissible for the non‑hearsay purpose of inferring arrangements between the accused because matching entries across both parties' devices and judicial notice of WhatsApp usage establish prima facie reliability; and refused severance because the counts were properly joi…