Read the full judgment text of CACC 000411/1994 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 7 June 1995.
1. The applicants faced two counts. The first was a charge of blackmail which particularized that they on 2nd December 1992 inside Pak Lai Laundry, No. 9, Fu Yan House, Fu Shan Estate, Wong Tai Sin, with a view to gain for Tai Kong Keung (Mr. Tai)and themselves made an unwarranted demand for $39,000 from Tam Wai-wah (Mr. Tam) with menaces. The second charge was of common assault which alleged that, at the same premises, they assaulted Tam Wai-wah. They were convicted on each count after trial in