18 Jul 1997
THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION v. ZHENG LIANG XIN
- Citation
- THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION v. ZHENG LIANG XIN
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC507/1996
The Court held the judge correctly admitted the interview records and re-enactment transcript because she was entitled to conclude the admissions were voluntary and there was no evidence the appellant was assaulted in custody or disadvantaged by failure to supply interview copies; the pathology evidence was inconclusive on whether the victim was alive when the first blow was struck so the summing-up was adequate; and no Camplin direction concerning the appellant's personal history or circumstances was required because there was no evidential basis that such matters affected the gravity of the…