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Topic

Witness demeanour

Legal area

Court

12 Nov 2002

HKSAR v. CHAN CHI WANG

Citation

HKSAR v. CHAN CHI WANG
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMA623/2002

The magistrate conducted a detailed assessment of the evidence, found the prosecution witnesses honest and reliable, found the appellants' admissions voluntary and the record of interview reliable (no withdrawal effects), and those findings were not shown to be unsafe on appeal; accordingly the conviction for trafficking in dangerous drugs was upheld.
29 May 1996

R. v. HAU SAI YIN

Citation

R. v. HAU SAI YIN
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMA56/1996

The magistrate was entitled to accept PW1's evidence and to find the cautioned statement voluntary despite procedural shortcomings; the evidence as a whole established guilt beyond reasonable doubt on all five charges; and the sentence structure (including partly consecutive and partly concurrent terms) was appropriate and not manifestly excessive.