Priscilia Lam SC Represented the Prosecution in High Court Bombing Trial

In HKSAR v. Ho Cheuk-wai & 7 Others (HCCC 186/2022), Priscilia Lam SC was instructed on fiat for the Prosecution, leading Mr Pierre Lui SPP, Ms Maureen Kong PP, and Ms. Mathilda Kwong in a case of conspiracy to commit the bombing of prescribed objects under section 11B of the United Nations (Anti-Terrorism Measures) Ordinance (Cap. 575) (“UNATMO”); with conspiracy to cause an explosion as an alternative charge. This case was one of the first cases brought under the UNATMO to go to trial.

The Defendants were charged with conspiring to commit bombing of prescribed objects over the course of three bomb plots that were alleged to have taken place between November 2019 and March 2020. The Prosecution’s case was that the plots involved a plan to plant explosives at the Lo Wu Control Point, the Caritas Medical Centre in Sham Shui Po, and in the vicinity of a car park in Tseung Kwan O.

After an extensive 207-day trial in the High Court before Johnny Chan J (including over 160 days before a jury), the jury found the 1^st, 2^nd and 4^th Defendants guilty of the alternative charge of conspiracy to cause an explosion while acquitting them of the UNATMO charges.

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