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A forensic examination was carried out at the scene and a later laboratory examination revealed, amongst other things,
that the hammer had bloodstains on the head and handle. Fibres
were found near the head of the handle which were found to be identical with fibres from the chair behind the main desk used by the deceased. On the inside of a black leather brief-case lying next to the main door were found several impressions which were consistent with the hammer having been recently carried in it. It was later established the the brief-case was used by
the accused.
MEDICAL EVIDENCE
5. The deceased had three stab wounds on the lower front of
the neck, and two on the chest, one of which had entered the right lung. He also had a large number of lacerations, bruises
and abrasions over the head and body. The deceased was certified
dead upon arrival at Queen Elizabeth Hospital. The cause of death was the stab wound to the chest which caused the injury
to the right lung.
BACKGROUND
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There were no independent eye-witnesses.
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7.. It was part of the Crown case that the petitioner had a motive for killing the deceased in that he stood in his way in
becoming manager of the Millett branch office in Hong Kong. The petitioner had formerly worked for Millett's but had been asked
to resign by a Mr. Wright, the European manager, in October 1978. However the petitioner had disclosed to Mr. Millett in the U.K.
that Wright had been running his own business with his wife,
dealing with the same sort of goods as Millett's, and consequently Wright was asked to resign. After this Millett had re-employed
the petitioner in gratitude but only on a temporary basis.
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