Read the full judgment text of CACC 52/1985 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. The 2 applicants were originally indicted for 2 counts of rape and 1 count of robbery with a 3rd co-accused. The three offences arose from the same incident which occurred on 15/10/83. It was alleged that on that day they robbed a couple, husband and wife, of $3,000 and raped the wife twice after the robbery in the victims' home at Flat 4A 1st floor Tsui Wah Court, Tai Po. At an earlier trial a 3rd accused was convicted on his own plea, sentenced to 5 years imprisonment and turned Crown witne