THE estranged wife of a Cathay Pacific pilot who was accused of wounding her with a knife but was bound over to keep the peace when no evidence was offered against him has appealed to the Attorney-General to review the case.
Ann Wilkinson yesterday sent a long and detailed letter to Jeremy Mathews stating that a miscarriage of justice had been committed and demanded to know who was responsible.
Legislators Emily Lau Wai-hing and Selina Chow Liang Shuk-yee are backing Mrs Wilkinson's quest for justice and will raise the case in the Legislative Council in the near future.
Mrs Wilkinson called on Mr Mathews to answer a series of questions on the case relating to why crucial facts were omitted from the hearing in Fanling Court on March 18, without her ''prior knowledge or consent''.
She asked him to explain the discrepancies to clear ''a very dark cloud hanging over the reputation of the Hong Kong legal system'' and to explain the actions of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) who decided not to proceed with the case.
Mr Ian Wilkinson was originally charged with wounding under the Offences Against the Person Act, which carried a maximum of three years in jail, but during the hearing the Crown sought only to have him bound over.
''At the last minute all the charges were dropped and were replaced with a bind over arrangement without my prior knowledge or consent. Why?'' Mrs Wilkinson said in the letter.