3 May 1999
HKSAR v. LI KIN HO
- Citation
- HKSAR v. LI KIN HO
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC409/1998
Convictions on Counts 4 and 5 were quashed because the prosecution led evidence of multiple acts of intercourse over a period to prove single-count offences without sufficient particularity or election, contrary to the common law principle (as applied in Chim Hon-man) that a single-count charge must be founded on proof of a specific act or adequately particularised specimen count; by contrast the conviction on Count 6 stood because DNA/semen findings together with the forensic pathologist's evidence constituted corroboration capable of connecting the accused with the offence, and the five-yea…