Read the full judgment text of CACC 000333/1994 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 15 January 1996.
1. On 5 July 1994 after a trial lasting 11 weeks before Keith J and a jury, the appellant was convicted of conspiracy to defraud International Housing Development Ltd (IHD) of HK$127,617,747.88 ($127m) and a second offence of publishing a false statement contrary to s.21(1) of the Theft Ordinance, Cap. 210 which concealed the missing $127m in the IHD Annual Report for 1985. He was sentenced to 5 years imprisonment and 15 months imprisonment concurrent, and was ordered to pay a sum not exceeding