Read the full judgment text of CACC 000031/1998 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 16 October 1998.
1. The appellant was charged with arson. The prosecution's case is that on 30 October 1996 he hurled a Molotov cocktail at the entrance of a Japanese restaurant in Hunghom. He was arrested by the police on 25 June 1997, almost 8 months after the alleged offence. On 30 December 1997, 14 months after the alleged offence, the appellant was convicted by His Honour Judge Chow of arson but acquitted of a charge of being a triad member.