Read the full judgment text of FAMC 000012/2007 on BabelCite. This FAMC judgment was delivered on 29 March 2007.
1. The applicant was convicted before Beeson J and a jury of having murdered an 87-year-old woman, Madam Suen Lai-hing. Madam Suen died of chemical burns and complications which arose from them. She had been found by neighbours lying just inside her flat on a floor wet and slippery with sulphuric acid. The front door was open, and her head was lying against the metal grille which was closed but not locked. Madam Suen, who was still alive and indeed conscious when found, had suffered dreadful