Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000593/2005 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 15 September 2005.
1. This is an appeal against a magistrate’s refusal of costs after her acquittal of the Appellants after trial. Each of the six Appellants were charged originally with claiming to be a member of a triad society and assaulting a police officer. The police officers involved in the assaulting charges were in fact four police officers. The first four of the Appellants were also charged with criminal damage.