23 Jun 2008
HKSAR v. CHAN FAT CHU RAYMOND AND OTHERS
- Citation
- HKSAR v. CHAN FAT CHU RAYMOND AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC30/2007
The Court held the applications for leave to appeal by the 1st, 2nd and 3rd defendants were without merit and dismissed them: the trial was fair, counsel's conduct did not amount to defective representation prejudicing the trial, the claim of right defence was unsupported by evidence (no nexus proving earlier loan to RNA), and the prosecution proved the conspiracy by documentary, transactional and circumstantial evidence; errors or minor transcription slips in the Reasons for Verdict were immaterial to safety of convictions; the 4th defendant's appeal was conceded and allowed and the 5th was…