9 Apr 2003
YUEN KWAI CHOI v. HKSAR
- Citation
- YUEN KWAI CHOI v. HKSAR
- Court
- Court of Final Appeal
- Case number
- FACC6/2002
Because rebuttal evidence undermined the appellant's credibility on a material issue relevant to knowledge and the trial judge failed to give a lies direction tailored to the appellant, there was a real risk the jury might improperly infer guilt from that lie; the omission was an error and the proviso could not be applied to sustain the conviction; appeal allowed, conviction quashed, sentence set aside and retrial ordered.