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CHUM with a 0.22 Magnum palm pistol, and YU was carrying a knife.
The deceased LAU Chak-Mo, a Detective Sergeant in the Royal Hong Kong Police Force, was present at the casino at the time the gang gained entry. An exchange of pistol fire took place. Two rounds were fired by
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of which struck the deceased in the head, killing him instantly. The deceased himself also fired two rounds, one of which
injured HO on the left hand. CHUM fired one round. A ballistic
expert called at the trial testified that the round fired by CHUM struck a wall approximately 4 feet to 6 feet from the position where the Sergeant was crouching during the exchange of pistol fire. It was alleged against
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co-conspirator convicted of manslaughter and robbery, that although he was not present during the course of the robbery it was he who obtained duplicate keys to the premises which housed the casino and supplied them to the gang assisted by another man SUEN Chi-Keung (who was granted immunity so that he could be called to give evidence ; he was not present at the robbery). The jury by their verdict in respect of CHAN and LEUNG and also in the case of CHUM, accepted the Crown's contention that the
members of the 'gang were prepared to use whatever force was
necessary to carry out the robbery and that HO did not go beyond
the scope of the "joint enterprise" at the time that he fired the fatal shot. It is also clear that the jury accepted the
cvidence that HO was in fact the man who shot the deceased..
MEDICAL EVIDENCE
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The pathologist called by the Crown testified that the bullet which killed the deceased had a point of entry at the bottom left hand corner of the deceased's left eye, passed
through the brain and imbedded itself in the deceased's skull. The pathologist was of the view that death would have been
almost instantaneous.
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