27 Oct 2016
香港特別行政區 訴 胡詠東
- Citation
- 香港特別行政區 訴 胡詠東
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC132/2015
Court held that where a defendant advances a defence alleging the complainant fabricated allegations and evidence (including messages) supports that assertion, the trial judge should, depending on the facts, direct the jury that approaches to a complaining witness to induce withdrawal may be lawful if not by unlawful or improper means (Wong Chi Wai principle); although the trial judge failed to give that specific direction, the jury's verdict convicting count 3 was nonetheless safe on the evidence because the jury could properly find the defendant sought to prevent the complainant giving a st…