Read the full judgment text of CACC 152/2015 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 16 September 2015.
1. The applicant, who was the second defendant at trial, was charged together with other named co-conspirators with four counts of conspiracy to defraud, contrary to Common Law and punishable under section 159C(6) of the Crimes Ordinance, Cap 200. D1 and D5 pleaded guilty to the charges against them, whereas the applicant, D3 and D4 pleaded not guilty to the charges they faced. Following a trial in the District Court, HH Judge Casewell (“the judge”) convicted the applicant of Charges 1, 2 and 4