Draycott, Charlotte Elizabeth Ann 郭莎樂
HKSAR v Jack Chen Keen, Hao May (fka Wang May Yan) & Eric Yee Wenjye
HK Court of First Instance, 18-Jun-2021
The jury in this retrial is discharged on day 57 after a prosecution witness, Kerry Joel Knight, himself a New Zealand barrister, blurted out that Hao May had told him that she had previously been convicted and served jail time. The jury wasn't supposed to know that, although we note that the original trial and the successful final appeal was in the public domain.
HK Court of First Instance, 18-Jun-2021
The jury in this retrial is discharged on day 57 after a prosecution witness, Kerry Joel Knight, himself a New Zealand barrister, blurted out that Hao May had told him that she had previously been convicted and served jail time. The jury wasn't supposed to know that, although we note that the original trial and the successful final appeal was in the public domain.
HKSAR v Jack Chen Keen, Hao May (fka Wang May Yan) & Eric Yee Wenjye
HK Court of Final Appeal, 30-Aug-2019
At final appeal, the convictions are quashed and a retrial is ordered, on grounds of "duplicity": there were 2 separate charges of conspiracy to defraud involving different particulars and different co-conspirators and "there is a risk that the jury had not arrived at a valid verdict against the same appellants based on an agreement to employ the same dishonest means".
HK Court of Final Appeal, 30-Aug-2019
At final appeal, the convictions are quashed and a retrial is ordered, on grounds of "duplicity": there were 2 separate charges of conspiracy to defraud involving different particulars and different co-conspirators and "there is a risk that the jury had not arrived at a valid verdict against the same appellants based on an agreement to employ the same dishonest means".
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