Read the full judgment text of CACC 246/2019 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 9 July 2020.
1. The appellant was committed to the High Court for trial by a magistrate on 27 August 2018 in respect of a single count of rape, contrary to section 118(1) of the Crimes Ordinance, Cap 200 (“the Ordinance”). The trial was originally fixed before M Poon J (“the judge”) for 13 days beginning on 7 May 2019. However, a contested trial ultimately became unnecessary when, on 16 May 2019, the appellant pleaded guilty on an amended indictment, dated 10 May 2019, to an additional count of procurement
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