Read the full judgment text of CAAR 000012/1996 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 6 November 1997.
1. The applicant WONG Kwong-yick faced one count of rape, it being alleged that on 10th March 1996, inside Room 518 Sau Mau Ping House, Sau Mau Ping Estate, Kowloon, he raped Nantasai Thanomjit. He pleaded not guilty to that count but was convicted on 25th September 1996 after trial before Deputy Judge Wilson and sentenced to imprisonment for 3 1/2 years. He now seeks leave to appeal against that conviction.