Read the full judgment text of CACC 000082/1992 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 8 September 1992.
1. At 5 a.m. on 24th August 1989 a number of men entered the Telford Commercial Complex in Kowloon. They knocked out a security guard and then broke into the Fotomax shop premises to steal a considerable amount of video and audio equipment. They were surprised by the arrival of police but made their escape in a van and a car which the police attempted to prevent by firing several shots, one of which eventually led to the death of one of the culprits. The van was found about an hour later and all