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  • 23 Feb 2016

    HKSAR v. BULLEN, CHRISTIAN ANTHONY

    Citation
    HKSAR v. BULLEN, CHRISTIAN ANTHONY
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMA740/2015

    Given the undisputed facts (number was affixed, boat was washed ashore in a typhoon, appellant focused on securing seaworthiness, boat was not in use and appellant re-affixed the number when notified), the Magistrate was plainly wrong to characterize the appellant's evidence as inherently improbable and dishonest; on an objective assessment the appellant established a reasonable excuse and the conviction could not stand.