20 Feb 2019
HKSAR v. CHUNG SAI WAH
- Citation
- [2019] HKCA 178
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC367/2017
The applicant’s utterance 'to deal with coke' was, in context, unequivocally a reference to cocaine and did not require special Zhou Limei directions; the substantive offence of trafficking was not made out because the controlled delivery prevented completion, but the jury’s verdict showed they accepted the applicant intended and took steps beyond mere preparation so the court, exercising its s83A power, properly substituted a conviction for attempted trafficking and imposed the same 21 year sentence.