19 Feb 2025
香港特別行政區 訴 吳耀宗
- Citation
- [2025] HKDC 223
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCCC1129/2022
The court held the District Court dangerous‑driving prosecutions arose from the same or substantially the same set of primary facts as the 2019 summons (same incident, same evidential matrix); the prosecution failed to demonstrate any special or exceptional circumstances to justify a further trial; BOR s11(6) is engaged given prior final conviction on the related matter and where engaged the prohibition is non‑discretionary; accordingly the second prosecution constituted an abuse of process and the proceedings were permanently stayed (alternatively, a common‑law discretionary stay was warrant…