12 Oct 2016
HKSAR v. GUTIERREZ ALVAREZ KEISHU MERCEDES
- Citation
- HKSAR v. GUTIERREZ ALVAREZ KEISHU MERCEDES
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCCC84/2016
The defendant failed, on the balance of probabilities, to establish that a fair trial is impossible or that continuation would constitute an abuse of process; material contradictions and improbabilities in the defendant's account, lack of proven bad faith or egregious investigatory misconduct by authorities, and reasonable investigative steps taken justify refusal of a permanent stay and proceeding to trial where credibility and duress are matters for the jury.