HSK v Crown Prosecution Service: Admn 26 Aug 2022

The question from the Youth Court is ‘were we entitled to convict the appellant of the racially aggravated section 20 offence on the basis that he was part of a group which we were satisfied had attacked Mr Mok Hin Kyong and that the attack was motivated by Mr Mok Hin Kyong’s assumed racial origin, even though we could not be sure who in the group had said the words in question?’.

Judges:

Lord Justice Dingemans, Vice-President of the Queen’S Bench Division
Mr Justice Johnson

Citations:

[2022] EWHC 2213 (Admin)

Links:

Bailii

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Crime

Updated: 15 September 2022; Ref: scu.680675