9 Jul 2021
HKSAR v. PURUGGANAN ROGELIO GARCIA
- Citation
- [2021] HKCFI 2340
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCCC196/2020
The court refused the defendant's application to exclude both VRIs. The judge found the defendant understood his right to silence, any misunderstanding concerned procedure (access to laptop) rather than caution, and the manner of questioning did not render the VRIs so unfair as to require exclusion. However, parts that are irrelevant, disclose uncharged acts or whose prejudicial effect outweighs probative value must be edited; the emails obtained on the evening of 13 July 2019 were ruled inadmissible and that necessitated redaction in the second VRI but substantial parts relating to knowledge…