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HONG KONG MURDER SUSPECT FACES RETRIAL AFTER JURY DEADLOCKS ON PSYCHOSIS DEFENCE

1 min read • 47 mins ago • News - South China Morning Post • [src]
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A Hong Kong court has ordered a murder suspect to face a retrial after a jury failed to reach a verdict on whether he committed the crime while suffering from a delusion that authorities were harassing him with… The 23-day High Court trial of former software developer Matthew Choi ended with a hung jury on Wednesday.

News - South China Morning Post reports that a Hong Kong court has ordered a murder suspect to face a retrial after a jury failed to reach a verdict on whether he committed the crime while suffering from a delusion that authorities were harassing him with…

The report adds: The 23-day High Court trial of former software developer Matthew Choi ended with a hung jury on Wednesday.

Madam Justice Esther Toh Lye-ping discharged the seven-member panel, saying the case was not so complex as to warrant the jurors, who had debated behind closed...

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