Read the full judgment text of CACC 88/2023 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 22 January 2025.
1. On 20 April 2023, following a trial before Deputy High Court Judge Woodcock (as she then was) (the judge) and a jury, the 1 st and 2 nd applicants were convicted of one count of conspiracy to manufacture a dangerous drug, contrary to sections 6(1)(a) and (2) and 39 of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (Cap 134) and sections 159A and 159C of the Crimes Ordinance (Cap 210). As a result, there was no verdict returned on the alternative count of trafficking in a dangerous drug, namely 698.03 gra