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9.
The petitioner was arrested on the 1.10.80 as a result of an identification of the finger print mentioned.
On the evening of
to the police a
the 3.10.80 a brother of the petitioner produced number of items of jewellery which he stated he had seen on 21.9.80 on the petitioner's bed in the premises at which they
resided
together. These items of jewellery which were the subject of the third count against the petitioner were subsequently identified by the first deceased's husband as being property either owned by
them or in the first deceased's custody.
10.
Three of four cautioned statements made by the petitioner
were admitted in evidence by the learned trial judge. In the first two of these statements the petitioner made no admissions whatsoever of being present in the flat on or about the day of the alleged murders. In the third statement made on 2.10.80 the petitioner
admitted that he had been at the premises on the relevant day for the purpose of robbery; that he had gone there with one Hung Chai,
a person whose address he did not know and whom he had never seen
again, and whose existence the police could not establish. The
petitioner stated that he knew nothing about the murders, though he had seen his aunt, as he thought, dead. He suggested in the statement that Hung Chai alone was responsible for the killings,
and their joint enterprise was limited to the robbery.
MEDICAL EVIDENCE
11.
According to Dr. MONG Hoi-keung, Senior Forensic Pathologist, both the deceased died of similar wounds to the throat inflicted by
a knife or chopper-like instrument. He estimated that the deceased
died between 8.30 a.m. and 10.30 a.m. on the 18.9.80. It was his
view that each of the deceased would have died a very short time
after the wounds were inflicted. He considered that the chopper
mentioned could have caused the injuries to both the deceased.
BACKGROUND
12.
The Crown's case was that these two murders were committed
by the petitioner either alone or in the company of and assisting an unknown person. The petitioner did not give evidence.