19 Nov 2019
HKSAR v. LO PUI YI CAT (羅佩怡)
- Citation
- [2019] HKCFA 43
- Court
- Court of Final Appeal
- Case number
- FAMC2/2019
The cumulative circumstantial evidence — visible presence of packaged cocaine in the ceiling, matching small bag on the bedside table, drugs in plain sight in the occupied room, absence of evidence either defendant was a cocaine user, the applicant's unexplained substantial cash, and statutory presumptions under the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance construed as an evidential onus — provided a sufficient evidential basis for the trial judge to infer the applicant's knowledge and joint possession with intent to traffic; absent exceptional circumstances the application for leave to appeal on safety gro…