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Hong Kong Case Law

Knowledge mens rea
  • 12 Apr 1994

    SIU KWOK TO v. R.

    Citation
    SIU KWOK TO v. R.
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CACC628/1993

    Given the overwhelming and consistent circumstantial evidence (respray at the appellant's garage on his instructions, altered chassis and engine numbers matching the wreck he purchased, and payment anomalies), the trial judge was entitled to reject the appellant's account and to draw the irresistible inference that the appellant knew the vehicle was stolen, warranting dismissal of the application for leave to appeal.