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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.