Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000690/2001 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 19 October 2001.
1. The appellant was originally charged with three offences, namely indecent assault, common assault and assault occasioning actual bodily harm. The appellant pleaded not guilty to the charges and was, after the trial, convicted of one charge only i.e. the last charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm. The appellant now sought to appeal against the conviction. The trial was originally conducted in Chinese. As the appeal involved legal issues, both counsel wished to prepare the written su