18 Dec 1999
HKSAR v. NG CHUNG WO
- Citation
- HKSAR v. NG CHUNG WO
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA264/1999
The court upheld the magistrate's findings that the prosecution expert's identification was reliable, that the appellant failed to prove the statutory defence under section 26 on the balance of probabilities, that trial counsel's choices were tactical and not flagrantly incompetent, and that the post‑trial affirmations did not qualify as admissible new evidence; accordingly conviction was maintained but sentence was varied to a suspended custodial sentence with a substantial fine as appropriate deterrent for repeat offending.