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8.
The jury found both the petitioner and TSUI guilty of murder; it is clear that by so doing they rejected the evidence
offered by the defence.
9.
The petitioner has one previous conviction for criminal damage in 1976 for which he was bound over for one year in the
sum of $500.
DEFENCE
10.
Both convicts gave evidence at trial. TSUI called a witness to give evidence of an alibi. The petitioner admitted having been present at the place where the deceased was killed but put the killing down to a fight between the deceased and two other men in which he did not take part.
PRINCIPAL FACTORS
11.
The petitioner and his accomplice killed the deceased for cheating in the course of drug trafficking operations.
12.
The wounds to the deceased's body were horrific and
multiple.
MITIGATING FACTORS
13.
The petitioner has only one, relatively minor, previous
conviction.
RECOMMENDATION
14.
If it is decided to commute the death sentence I recommend
that a sentence of life imprisonment be substituted.