'Trial evidence was compelling': Prosecutor in Nina Wang fake will case dismisses Hong Kong feng shui master's appeal
Prosecutor from former feng shui master's 2013 trial says attacking credibility of one witness is pointless as verdict relied on scientific evidence
The evidence that convicted a former feng shui master of using a fake will to claim a billionaire's estate was "so compelling", it would be futile to attack the credibility of one witness, a prosecutor from the trial told the Court of Appeal on Tuesday.
Barrister David Perry QC said the prosecution in the trial of Peter Chan did not rely on evidence from Gilbert Leung Kam-to, who introduced tycoon Nina Wang Kung Yu-sum to Chan, in establishing their case.
Instead they called heavily on scientific evidence, such as the results in handwriting, typewriter and fingerprint examinations, Perry said.
The new evidence looks in the wrong direction and attacks the wrong part of the case, Perry added.
Chan, 55, who went by the name Tony until he converted to Christianity after his conviction, was found guilty of forging and using a fake will to claim Wang's HK$83 billion estate in July 2013 and jailed for 12 years.
Chan's lawyer James Wood QC asked the court to accept new evidence from Leung's friend Sidney Siu, who claimed Leung wanted to attack Chan for being in Wang's will.
Wood also wanted the court to order Koo Hang-pang, a village leader from Tai Po, to testify for Chan as Koo suspected Leung had used a forged document regarding a land deal mentioned in Chan's trial.