HKSAR V. FADONOUGBO FREJUS LEZIN

[2025] HKCA 524 Court of Appeal 20 August 2025 • CACC121/2022 • 47 min read
19 cases cited (0 SG, 19 foreign)

Practice Areas

Criminal Procedure Ordinance District Court Ordinance High Court Ordinance

Judges (3)

M Poon Coram Macrae Coram Zervos Coram

Counsel (4)

Charles Yeung Clement Lam Liu & Yip Firm Department of Justice Firm David Boyton Counsel Appellant Samantha Chiu Counsel Respondent

Parties (2)

HKSAR Respondent Fadonougbo Frejus Lezin Appellant

Summary

Criminal conviction appeal by Fadonougbo Frejus Lezin, a Beninese national convicted of trafficking in 988 grammes of powder containing 806 grammes of cocaine. His first trial was aborted due to a hung jury; he was convicted at retrial. The Court of Appeal (Macrae Acting CJHC, Zervos and M Poon JJA) allowed the appeal with leave, overturning the conviction and addressing issues regarding the retrial process.

Statutes Cited

Criminal Procedure Ordinance
s 81(1) s 81A(1) s 81D
District Court Ordinance (Cap 336)
s 84
High Court Ordinance (Cap 4)
s 13

Cases Cited (19)

UK (8)
[1960] 1 QB 411 [1977] 3 All ER 561 [1982] 1 WLR 614 [1989] QB 868 [2001] EWCA Crim 274 [2003] 1 AC 641 [2004] 1 AC 1118 [2004] 1 WLR 201
HK (11)
(2001) 4 HKCFAR 133 (2006) 9 HKCFAR 206 (2021) 24 HKCFAR 448 [1996] 1 HKC 480 [2005] 1 HKC 162 [2009] 2 HKLRD 437 [2014] 1 HKLRD 460 [2016] 1 HKLRD 924 [2022] HKCFI 2587 [2023] HKCA 808 [2025] 2 HKLRD 138

Judgment

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Source: HKLII ([2025] HKCA 524)