{"id":762,"date":"2023-05-18T00:36:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T16:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/?p=762"},"modified":"2023-09-04T02:03:37","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T18:03:37","slug":"magistrate-found-secondary-school-teacher-no-case-to-answer-for-indecent-assault-and-bare-case-to-answer-for-common-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/en\/magistrate-found-secondary-school-teacher-no-case-to-answer-for-indecent-assault-and-bare-case-to-answer-for-common-assault\/","title":{"rendered":"Magistrate found secondary school teacher no case to answer for indecent assault and bare case to answer for common assault"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<section class=\"section news-detail-section\" id=\"section_1599971111\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-927017939\" class=\"text breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #627A80;\nfont-family: Merriweather;\nfont-size: 13px;\nfont-style: normal;\nfont-weight: 400;\nline-height: 150%; \/* 19.5px *\/\nletter-spacing: 0.39px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/\">Home<\/a> \/ <a href=\"\/news\/\">News<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1599971111 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n  padding-bottom: 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\t<section class=\"section news-detail-section\" id=\"section_2047081313\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1510854439\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1688114001\" class=\"col medium-12 small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-3971464982\" class=\"text h3\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>Magistrate found secondary school teacher no case to answer for indecent assault and bare case to answer for common assault<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"text-3249433923\" class=\"text h5\">\n\t\t\n\n<p><strong>HKSAR v TPCP<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-3249433923 {\n  font-size: 1.25rem;\n  text-align: left;\n  color: #003d4c;\n}\n#text-3249433923 > * {\n  color: #003d4c;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"text-498906599\" class=\"text txt-bold\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>18 May 2023<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1160223470\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Slide1-1024x576.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Slide1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Slide1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Slide1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Slide1-18x10.png 18w, https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Slide1.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1160223470 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"gap-1138549418\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1138549418 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #gap-1138549418 {\n    padding-top: 40px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<p>Deputy Magistrate Yvonne Chan found a male secondary school teacher no case to answer for indecent assault and bare case to answer for common assault.<br \/><br \/>The prosecution case was that the defendant invited a female student to his home during Christmas holiday. When the two were about to leave, it was said that the defendant leaned his head forward towards the complainant. The complainant, who thought the defendant was about to kiss her cheek, pushed the defendant away.<br \/><br \/>The defendant was charged with common assault and stood trial before a magistrate (\u201c\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc21\ud835\udc1e \ud835\udc05\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc2c\ud835\udc2d \ud835\udc0c\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc20\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc2c\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc1e\u201d). Just after the complainant started giving evidence, the First Magistrate indicated to the prosecution that (1) he opined the correct charge should be indecent assault instead of common assault; and (2) the screen protecting the complainant should shield both the defendant and the public. Having made the observations, the First Magistrate said he considered himself to have entered into the arena and recused himself (\u201c\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc21\ud835\udc1e \ud835\udc05\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc2c\ud835\udc2d \ud835\udc13\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc25\u201d).<br \/><br \/>When the matter was set down for trial before Deputy Magistrate Yvonne Chan, the court refused the prosecution\u2019s application to have the screen shielding the defendant as the prosecution raised no proper evidential grounds for so doing (\u201c\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc21\ud835\udc1e \ud835\udc12\ud835\udc1c\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc27 \ud835\udc00\ud835\udc29\ud835\udc29\ud835\udc25\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc1c\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc27\u201d). The Deputy Magistrate found the defendant no case to answer for indecent assault as there was no evidence suggesting the defendant having any sexual or indecent intention and the act was not inherently indecent. After viewing the Instagram messages between the complainant and the defendant, the Deputy Magistrate finds that the complainant had clearly not been telling the whole truth when giving evidence. Further, the complainant conceded that she might have sent a \u201cwrong signal\u201d to the defendant that they may commence a romantic relationship. Having considered all the evidence, the Deputy Magistrate found the defendant only a bare case to answer for common assault and acquitted him.<br \/><br \/>The Deputy Magistrate agreed with the defence submission that the prosecution should not have made the Screen Application and amend the charge to indecent assault in the first place. Having considered all the circumstances, the Deputy Magistrate ordered the prosecution to pay (1) the costs of the vacated First Trial and (2) the costs in resisting the Screen Application.<br \/><br \/>Simon So represented the defendant in the First Trial and the subsequent trial as sole advocate.\u00a0<\/p>\n\t<div id=\"gap-1628814954\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1628814954 {\n  padding-top: 60px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div class=\"ux-menu stack stack-col justify-start ux-menu--divider-solid\">\n\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"ux-menu-link flex menu-item menu-button-link\">\n\t\t<a class=\"ux-menu-link__link flex\" href=\"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/en\/news\/\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ux-menu-link__text\">\n\t\t\t\tBack to News\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_2047081313 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n  padding-bottom: 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deputy Magistrate Yvonne Chan found a male secondary school teacher no case to answer for indecent assault and bare case to answer for common assault.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=762"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":867,"href":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762\/revisions\/867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}