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The Court of Appeal ordered a retrial for murder, holding that the trial error did not justify substituting manslaughter and that fair-trial concerns could be managed.
The Court of Appeal quashed Lai Kan-yau’s murder conviction after fresh call records showed he did receive a return call from his father, making the prosecution’s lie allegation unsafe.
Court of Appeal refused renewed leave to appeal against a murder conviction, holding there was no evidential basis for self-defence and no misdirection on unlawful killing.
Conviction for murder was quashed and a retrial ordered after the Court of Appeal held that excluding a clinical psychologist’s evidence on diminished responsibility was unfair.
The Court of Appeal refused leave to appeal against a murder conviction, holding there was no proper basis for a self-defence direction and no summing-up error.
The Court of Final Appeal dismissed leave to appeal in a murder case, holding the verdicts were not inconsistent and the fresh evidence would not alter the result.
The Court of Final Appeal refused leave to appeal in a murder case, holding there was no basis to require a jury direction on unlawful and dangerous act manslaughter.
The Court of Appeal substituted a murder conviction with manslaughter by diminished responsibility and imposed 12 years and 9 months’ imprisonment, using a 16-year starting point and a 20% plea discount.
The Court of Appeal refused leave to appeal and dismissed all appeals in a child-abuse homicide case, upholding murder convictions and cruelty sentences.
The Court of Appeal rejected challenges to murder convictions and cruelty sentences in a child abuse case, holding the jury directions and joinder were proper.
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