Read the full judgment text of CACC 000375/1999 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 29 March 2000.
1. On 22 June 1999, the Applicant, then aged 24, was found guilty, following a 15-day trial before V. Bokhary J and a jury , on charges of murder (count 2) and wounding with intent contrary to section 17(a) of the Offences Against the Person Ordinance, Cap. 212 (count 1). A plea of guilty to a further count of wounding with intent was tendered by the Applicant just before the trial commenced. Both wounding offences were alleged to have occurred at the Applicant's residence, a village house in th