ཏྭཱཏྟསཱུ,
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His Excellency the Governor of Hong Kong,
Government House,
Hong Kong.
Supreme Court, Battery Path, Hong Kong.
4th August, 1981
Your Excellency,
Criminal Case No. 144 of 1980 Regina v.
(aged 40)
Introduction
This report is submitted in accordance with Clause XXXIV
of the Hong Kong Royal Instructions.
a man of 40, was convicted of the murder
Li's appeal against conviction was
of TONG King-wood on 20th February, after the jury had deliberated
for more than eight hours.
dismissed on 9th July, 1981.
Background
On the evening of 20th July, 1980, Mrs. WONG Cho-ying, aged
77, and her grandson TONG King-wood returned to their flat at 42N Pak Tai Street, Kowloon. The young man Tong, aged 19, went ahead of her
to open the flat door.
The flat, which was divided into 4 cubicles, with a
corridor, a common sitting area and a lavatory and kitchen, had a total
area of about.400 square feet.
Cubicle No. 1, at one end of the flat was occupied by
Mr. and
and their young child. The next Cubicle (No. 2)
was occupied by the defendant Li. Cubicle No. 3 was occupied by Mr.
Chan and Cubicle No. 4 by Mrs. Wong and one of her sons. The victim
Tong occupied a cockloft situated above the lavatory which was next to
Cubicle No. 4.
The cubicles were divided from one another by wooden
partitions, which stopped well short of the ceiling.
Thus,
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