Read the full judgment text of CACC 116/2022 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 9 April 2025.
1. The applicant was charged with the murder of his wife, Madam Wang Fenggui, on 14 November 2019, contrary to common law and punishable under section 2 of the Offences against the Person Ordinance (Cap 212). He pleaded not guilty to murder but pleaded guilty to manslaughter by provocation, which was rejected by the prosecution. After a trial before D’Almada Remedios J (“the judge”) and a jury, he was convicted by a majority verdict of 5:2 and sentenced to life imprisonment.