Read the full judgment text of CACC 000508/1996 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 13 August 1997.
1. The applicant faced one count of conspiracy to traffic in a dangerous drug contrary to Common Law and to the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance. It was particularized that he "on the 7 th day of November, 1995 in Hong Kong, conspired with Mohamed Saleem Abul Hassan and other persons unknown to unlawfully traffic in a dangerous drug, namely heroin." He was convicted after trial before Deputy Judge Wilson and a jury and sentenced to imprisonment for ten years. He now appeals against both conviction and