Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000740/1996 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 27 December 1996.
1. This Appellant was convicted on 31st May 1996, following a trial before Mr. Michael Chan sitting at the Tsuen Wan Magistrates' Court. The Appellant was fined $2,000 and ordered to pay $1,000 costs on a single charge of common assault. He now appeals against that conviction on the ground that the complainant's evidence was totally wrong, that the complainant's evidence in court conflicted with his statement made to the police, and that because his lawyer had only recently been instructed as a