Read the full judgment text of CACC 000146/2003 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 16 June 2004.
1. The applicants seek leave to appeal against their convictions after trial in the District Court by Judge Yuen. All the applicants were convicted of one charge of false imprisonment, contrary to common law and one charge of blackmail, contrary to section 23(1) and (3) of the Theft Ordinance, Cap.210 and, in the case of the 1st, 4th and 5th defendants at the trial, a charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, contrary to common law and punishable under section 39 of the Offences Against