Read the full judgment text of CACC 000124/2001 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 21 December 2001.
1. On 9 March 2001, following a trial before Judge Wright in the District Court, the Applicant was convicted of wounding, contrary to section 19 of the Offences against the Person Ordinance, Cap. 212. The offence occurred in Castle Peak Hospital on 3 November 2000. The female victim worked there as a cashier and, after what seems to have been a trivial disagreement with the Applicant, she was attacked by the Applicant who had armed himself with a table knife. Fortunately, the injury received by