Read the full judgment text of CACC 000420/2007 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 17 March 2009.
1. The applicants, Yuk Man-chun and Fung Tui-yat, (D1 and D2 at trial, respectively) were charged on indictment with a single count of conspiracy to commit forcible detention, contrary to section 42 of the Offences Against the Person Ordinance, Cap. 212 and sections 159A and 159C of the Crimes Ordinance, Cap. 200. On 20 November 2007, they were each convicted by the jury after a 33-day trial. This enormous length of time for such a straightforward case, included the time taken for a voire dire
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