23 Feb 1999
HKSAR v. WONG CHI LAI, JEFF
- Citation
- HKSAR v. WONG CHI LAI, JEFF
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC293/1998
The Court exercised its statutory power under s.83A Criminal Procedure Ordinance to substitute offences that the trial judge could properly have convicted on (attempting to obtain a pecuniary advantage by deception under s.18 and theft of things in action under s.9 of the Theft Ordinance) because the evidence supported those offences and no injustice would result; Preddy may undermine the form of the original charges but does not prevent substitution where the substance of the evidence discloses alternative offences.