A controversial Hong Kong judge has asked for early retirement after she came under fire for the premature abandonment of three drug trafficking trials and the mishandling of another case which led to the quashing of a rape conviction. Court of First Instance judge Audrey Campbell-Moffat, 66, has given Chief Justice Andrew Cheung Kui-nung a one-year early retirement notice despite...
A controversial Hong Kong judge has asked for early retirement after she came under fire for the premature abandonment of three drug trafficking trials and the mishandling of another case which led to the quashing of a rape conviction.
Campbell-Moffat's resignation came on the heels of criticism of her by senior colleagues during court sessions in late July, where the Department of Justice asked for clarification on points of law regarding the proper handling of a criminal trial. She also tried to persuade the jury not to reveal the unusual circumstances of the case to the media, saying she would like to "keep my job for a while longer at least".
Appeal judges ruled that Campbell-Moffat had misapplied the law when she refused to allow evidence favourable to the defence to be admitted.
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