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MEDICAL EVIDENCE

10. A post-mortem examination carried out on the remains

found on the Castle Peak beach was unable to ascertain the

cause of death. An area of bruising was however found on the skull. Dr. LAM Ping Yan conducted the post-mortem inquiry and Professor James Cameron from London agreed with Dr. Lam that it was unlikely that the blow which caused the bruising would have caused the death. Dr. Lam and Professor Cameron also agreed that the evidence from the remains suggested that the flesh had been paired from the bones before being dumped into the sea. From a photograph of the deceased, Professor Cameron gave evidence that he could positively identify the remains as those of the deceased by using a photographic superimposition technique.

11. The second accused, in his evidence at the trial, denied that injuries to the ends of the fingers of both himself and the accused had been sustained when using the mincing machine. He claimed that these had occurred when he and the petitioner had deliberately chopped off the tips of their fingers to signify a bond of secrecy between them. This account was supported by Colonel Craig, a surgeon at the British Military Hospital. However Dr. CHAU Siu Ping for the Crown, testified that the injuries could have been sustained while operating a mincing machine.

BACKGROUND

12. The Crown's case was that this was a murder of one

relatively sophisticated and accomplished drug trafficker by the petitioner, an erstwhile chauffeur of the deceased who

considered that he had been double-crossed.

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