由此 - 12 A A in relation to charge 5 she was the subject of a gross indecent assault at B B the hands of the defendant between 12 noon and 3 pm and to the extent C that DW1 testified that between 12:30 pm and 2 pm the defendant was at C the Buddist Hospital in Wong Tai Sin, I reject it.” At first glance, it gives D D one an impression that the judge had already accepted the evidence of E F Miss X before even considering the alibi evidence. However, reading this sentence in context, we are satisfied that the judge has used an unfortunate turn of phrase. G H E F We are satisfied that what he meant to convey was that he found Miss X’s evidence credible and the alibi evidence did not throw doubt on Miss X’s evidence; nor did such evidence cause him G H any concern. I J K L I 39. Grounds 5 and 6 failed. 40. In relation to ground 7, the short answer is that Miss X only J told the court what she believed to be the applicant’s home—from what the K L applicant told her. She did not testify that the place where she was first M N indecently assaulted was indeed the applicant’s home. The fact that the applicant was living in a building markedly different from the one M N described by Miss X is neither here nor there. It is certainly not O P Q R inherently improbable for a man to borrow someone else’s place for the purpose of taking a girl there. 41. This ground also failed. The convictions were neither unsafe nor unsatisfactory. O P We therefore dismissed the application for leave to appeal against convictions. Q R S S T T U U V V

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