Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000698/2007 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 4 January 2008.
1. The appellant was convicted of the offence of common assault by Mr Casewell sitting in Shatin Court. The allegation was that he had used a pellet gun to shoot the victim at the victim’s factory. The victim said it was the appellant who shot him. The appellant elected not to give evidence. The case depended entirely on the identification evidence of the appellant by the victim. The victim had met the appellant on at least two previous occasions and they had been involved in a negotiation