Overall, I must say that Lee impressed me as a reliable and forthright witness who did not seek to embellish his testimony or deliberately slant his evidence against the Accused. For example, he did not say that he had informed the Accused that he had stolen the handphones. Further, when asked why the Accused had told him not inform him of the “ origin ” of the handphones and not to get him involved should anything happen, Lee only stated that he did not know why the Accused had said this to him [ note: 15] . Basically, I found that at no point did he directly accuse the Accused of knowing that the handphones were stolen and this was not consistent with a witness who may be out to make false allegations.
Lee was challenged by the Defence on several aspects of his evidence on how and when the sale transaction took place. Firstly, in relation to the number of cartons delivered by Lee to the Accused, the Defence suggested that 20 cartons were delivered to the Accused instead of 10 cartons as claimed by Lee. This, I assumed, was to suggest that the Accused could not have made the delivery on 1 May 2006 on his own and that the 20 cartons must have been delivered as described by the Accused. Lee quite emphatically stated that he had handed 10 cartons to the Accused on 1 May 2006 and he did not know what happened to the handphones thereafter.
Overall, I must say that Lee impressed me as a reliable and forthright witness who did not seek to embellish his testimony or deliberately slant his evidence against the Accused. For example, he did not say that he had informed the Accused that he had stolen the handphones. Further, when asked why the Accused had told him not inform him of the “ origin ” of the handphones and not to get him involved should anything happen, Lee only stated that he did not know why the Accused had said this to him [ note: 15] . Basically, I found that at no point did he directly accuse the Accused of knowing that the handphones were stolen and this was not consistent with a witness who may be out to make false allegations.Lee was challenged by the Defence on several aspects of his evidence on how and when the sale transaction took place. Firstly, in relation to the number of cartons delivered by Lee to the Accused, the Defence suggested that 20 cartons were delivered to the Accused instead of 10 cartons as claimed by Lee. This, I assumed, was to suggest that the Accused could not have made the delivery on 1 May 2006 on his own and that the 20 cartons must have been delivered as described by the Accused. Lee quite emphatically stated that he had handed 10 cartons to the Accused on 1 May 2006 and he did not know what happened to the handphones thereafter.
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