Read the full judgment text of CACC 000543/1999 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 13 January 2000.
1. On 25 June 1997, the Applicant pleaded guilty in the High Court before Deputy Judge Wilson to a charge of throwing corrosive fluid with intent, contrary to section 29(c) of the Offences Against the Person Ordinance, Cap. 212. Following an adjournment for updated psychiatric reports, on 14 July 1997, the judge made a hospital order under section 45 of the Mental Health Ordinance, Cap. 136, committing the Applicant to Siu Lam Psychiatric Centre for an unspecified period.