Read the full judgment text of FACC 000002/2004 on BabelCite. This FACC judgment was delivered on 20 July 2004.
1. At the conclusion of the hearing of this appeal, we allowed it to quash the appellant's conviction , saying that we would give our reasons later. Counsel for the respondent then applied for a retrial. We refused to order a retrial, again saying that we would give our reasons later. The Court's reasons for quashing the conviction and refusing to order a retrial are now handed down, being those given by Mr Justice Chan PJ.