Read the full judgment text of CACC 000217/1999 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 7 March 2000.
1. The applicant Tang Siu-ming was jointly charged with the second defendant in this case with murder in the Court of First Instance of the High Court before Beeson J and a jury . After trial, both the applicant and the second defendant were found not guilty of murder. The second defendant was acquitted while the applicant was found guilty of the alternative offence of manslaughter. He was sentenced to 4 years and 8 months imprisonment. He now applies for leave to appeal against conviction .