Read the full judgment text of DCCC 000846/1995 on BabelCite. This District Court judgment was delivered on 7 August 1997.
1. Cheung Siu Ki was charged with a number of criminal offences. He was tried in the District Court by a District Court Judge. He was represented by leading and junior counsel. He was found to have no case to answer in respect of some of the charges. At the end of the trial, he was acquitted on the remaining charges. Pursuant to section 73A of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance (Cap. 221) ("the CPO") (which was then, but is no longer, in force), the District Court Judge ordered that the Defendant'