10 May 1991
YU KIN LUNG v. W.B.G. BANKS ESQ. HER MAJESTY\'S CONRONER FOR HONG KONG
- Citation
- YU KIN LUNG v. W.B.G. BANKS ESQ. HER MAJESTY\'S CONRONER FOR HONG KONG
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP3907/1990
The coroner failed to direct the jury properly by not considering the applicant's state of mind and reasons for each shot and by misdirecting on Police General Orders; as a result the unanimous verdict of death by unlawful killing was irrational and perverse and must be quashed by certiorari.