18 Jun 1997
R. v. CHAN KAI HING
- Citation
- R. v. CHAN KAI HING
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA364/1997
The appeal was allowed because the magistrate's remarks were inconsistent on whether the utterances were made with intent to alarm or were heat-of-the-moment empty threats; this created a lurking doubt about the safety of the conviction, warranting quashing of the conviction and setting aside the sentence.