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Sai Wan Ho shooting case | Defense accuses police officers who panicked and mistakenly dialed guns for gun robbery case ruling in August

2022-05-26T05:54:17.786Z


A police officer opened fire at a demonstration of "Operation Dawn" in Sai Wan Ho in November 2019. The young man who was shot and another man were charged with attempting to grab a gun and obstructing a police officer. Defense attorneys close the case


In November 2019, during the demonstration of "Operation Dawn" in Sai Wan Ho, a police officer opened fire. The young man who was shot and another man were charged with attempting to grab a gun and obstructing a police officer. Lawyers for the defense and the defense made closing speeches. The prosecution claimed that the two defendants were already approaching when the police officers did not raise their guns, but the lawyer of the young man who was shot believed that the shooting police were panic-stricken and overly sensitive, and regarded pulling the guns as grabbing the guns. .

The judge adjourned the case until Aug. 29, and the two accused were allowed to remain on bail.


Two defendants: Zhou Baijun, 21 years old, IVE student, nicknamed "Xiong Zibing", and Beard Key, 20 years old, college student.

The charges allege that on November 11, 2019, the two deliberately obstructed Police Officer A, who was in the proper performance of his duties, in Sai Wan Ho, and attempted to steal A’s police gun; Zhou was also charged with attempting to take legal custody.

The court had earlier ordered that Constable A's identity not be released.

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The prosecution alleges that the two defendants approached the police step by step

The prosecution's statement pointed out that Police A still did not take out the police gun from the gun bag that day, and the two defendants were already pressing forward. Although the second defendant claimed that he was protecting himself and others, there was no evidence to support it, and he could not stand. foot.

Defense questioned police officer A's inexperience

The first defendant, Zhou Baijun, was shot in the incident. Senior counsel Luo Yinggan, who represented him, said that one of the disputes in the case was whether Zhou's action at that time was whether he pulled the pistol away or intended to grab the gun.

From the video footage, Luo pointed out that Police A was panic-stricken at the time. Luo questioned whether Police A would be "overly sensitive in such a big scene" due to his inexperience, and regarded pulling the pistol as grabbing a gun.

The second defendant once said that he wanted to rob the man in white

Luo also pointed out that the defendant did not testify and did not know his starting point. Under the warning, he once said, "Before, I actually wanted to get the man in white shirt back from the hands of the police, but it was unsuccessful." Luo believes that This statement shows that the starting point of the second defendant is not without evidence to support it.

Case number: DCCC 475/2020

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Source: hk1

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