24 Jul 2009
HKSAR v. FU CHU KAN AND OTHERS
- Citation
- HKSAR v. FU CHU KAN AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC104/2007
The court held that although the trial judge's summing-up was brief and departed from the orthodox compartmentalised approach, it fairly directed the jury on the law and adequately placed the main features of each defendant's defence given the failure of appellants to particularise material omissions; the judge's majority-vote directions were not fatal because there was no real danger the jury were improperly pressured; convictions were therefore affirmed; sentencing appeals succeeded in part where appellate court found insufficient differentiation of culpability and substituted reduced sente…