Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000221/2003 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 17 April 2003.
1. The Appellant was convicted in the Magistracy of one count of theft, contrary to section 9 of the Theft Ordinance (Cap. 210). He was charged jointly with two other men. He pleaded not guilty and was represented at trial by a duty lawyer. The theft was of a mobile phone. Today, the Appellant appeals against his conviction on the basis that it was against the weight of evidence and that he was framed up. There were no particularized grounds, but the Appellant expanded on his assertion that the