Read the full judgment text of CACC 000116/2007 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 4 March 2009.
1. On 26 March 2007, Chum Lap-fan (the applicant) was convicted of murder (count 1) and three other related offences (counts 2 to 4) following his trial before Lunn J and a jury. Earlier, the applicant had pleaded guilty to a 5 th count which alleged that he had prevented the lawful burial of a corpse. He was sentenced to life imprisonment on the 1 st count and to a total of 10 years’ imprisonment on the remaining counts to be served concurrently.