ANNEX C TO XCR (74)132
NOTE BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
CHARGE AND CONVICTION.
LEUNG Wang (who was 20 years of age at the time of
the offence) was charged with the murder of LAU Wa on 19th July
1973. He was convicted on 9th January 1974. His appeal to the
Full Court was dismissed on 8th March 1974.
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FACTS.
At about 3 a.m. on 19th July 1973, three employees
and the manager of an apartment house in Leighton Road were on
The apartment house had just closed for business
the premises.
for the night.
The deceased was the manager. There were also
two guests in one of the rooms.
3.
Two of the employees and the deceased were in one of
the rooms. One was sitting on a sofa and the other resting on
the bed. The deceased was in the bathroom. One of the employees
saw two men entering the apartment house from the street.
mhey
asked for "old man LAU", and it appears that someone with that
nickname had lived in the apartment house some months before. fore
When the two intruders were told this, one of them produced a
knife and said "This is à robbery". At this point, some 6 or 7
other men rushed in. All were armed with knives. The gang then
began an assault with the knives on the three employees. One
of the gang kicked at the bathroom door and the deceased put his
head out of the bathroom and was struck with the knife. He
thén retreated into the bathroom and closed the door. The
evidence as to the course of the next events was somewhat confused.
One witness describes the members of the gang as being "like a
wheel turning" some coming into the room and some going out.
It appears that one of the gang went into the bathroom and
attacked the deceased there.
Then, at one brief stage, all the