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Written by: Li Huina
2020-08-18 12:46
Last update date: 2020-08-18 12:46Police officers shot a private car two years ago when they were chasing a private car on Lam Kam Road in Tai Po. Two men were arrested in the incident and charged with eight crimes including theft, dangerous driving, and possession of dangerous drugs. Before the District Court opened the trial, it was revealed that the police had lost the evidence bag used to carry the methamphetamine involved. It is understood that the bag was still there in April of this year, but now it is missing. The police investigated with 9 relevant police officers yesterday and still could not know when the evidence bag was missing. However, the prosecution believed that it was still sufficient to prove the integrity of the evidence chain and decided to proceed with the complaint. The two defendants finally pleaded guilty to a total of 7 charges including drug offenses. As both parties needed time to prepare briefs, the case was postponed to be processed tomorrow.
Both defendants were involved in drug charges
The two defendants are Wen Yunquan (38 years old) and Wu Zhiwei (48 years old), who were charged with possession of 0.09 grams and 6.31 grams of methamphetamine respectively.
The prosecution told the court yesterday that the resealable plastic bag used to carry the drugs involved disappeared during the police search. The case was postponed to this day so that the defense could discuss the incident with the prosecution and let the prosecution Consider whether to decide to proceed with the complaint.
The two defendants, Wen Yunquan and Wu Zhiwei, were arrested in August 2018 when they were being chased by police on Lam Kam Road in Tai Po. (Profile picture)
The evidence bag was still in April
It is understood that the case was originally scheduled to undergo a pre-trial review on April 20 this year, and the hearing on that day was cancelled due to the impact of the epidemic. At that time, the evidence bag was still there, but it was found that the evidence bag was missing when the police sorted out the evidence last Friday. And fly. After investigating the nine relevant police officers yesterday, the police did not know when the evidence bag disappeared. The lost evidence bag was a plastic bag used by the police to retrieve the evidence at the crime scene. After the drugs in the bag were taken for testing, the bag was no longer used to store the drugs involved, so the drugs involved were also Not affected.
Believe that it can still prove the integrity of the evidence chain
The prosecution believed that although the evidence bag was missing, it was still able to prove the integrity of the evidence chain, so he decided to continue the prosecution. Wen once wanted to change to not plead guilty to drugs, but finally decided to plead guilty, and Wu’s representative lawyer agreed with him. After the prosecution negotiated, Wu also decided to plead guilty to drug offenses, and the assisting crime he was charged with was allowed to stay in court.
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Both defendants pleaded guilty to possession of drugs
The court heard the replies of the two defendants this morning. Wen pleaded guilty to theft, handling of stolen goods, dangerous driving and possession of dangerous drugs; Wu pleaded guilty to possession of dangerous drugs, unauthorized access to transportation and dangerous driving. Both the prosecution and the defense need time to prepare a summary of the case, and the case will be postponed until tomorrow.
The two were also involved in car theft and other charges
In addition to drug offenses, Wen was also charged with stealing a light truck, a wallet, an ID card and other property belonging to another person outside the name of Fanling on August 14, 2018. He was also charged with handling stolen goods, namely copper pipes and copper wires, on August 24, and dangerously driving a light truck on August 30.
Wu was accused of taking a private car without authorization on August 30, 2018, and using the private car to pick up Wen, with the intention of obstructing Wen's arrest and driving the private car dangerously.
Case Number: DCCC 360/2019
Dangerous Driving Court
