Read the full judgment text of CACC 205/2021 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 15 November 2022.
1. The applicant was tried on an indictment before Alex Lee J (“the judge”) and a jury in the High Court. He faced an indictment alleging a sole count of murder, contrary to Common Law and punishable under section 2 of the Offences against the Person Ordinance, Cap 212, to which he pleaded not guilty. On 8 September 2021, following a trial lasting 11 days, the applicant was unanimously convicted by the jury. The applicant was subsequently sentenced by the judge on the same day to a mandatory ter