Read the full judgment text of CACC 000072/2003 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 1 August 2003.
1. On 17 February 2003 the applicant was convicted after trial before Deputy Judge Line and a jury of an offence of attempted arson contrary to sections 60(1), 60(3), 63(1) and 159G of the Crimes Ordinance, Cap. 200 and of an offence of arson (contrary to the first three of those sections). The attempted offence of which the jury found the applicant guilty was committed on 20 June 2001 at premises in Sheung Shui in the New Territories. The substantive offence was committed at the same premises n