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阮雲(yún)道法官在香港特別行政區(qū)訴蔡穗玲,HCMA614/2006一案中,就不作供的被告有以下的說法:「正如Bruce and McCoy的著作Criminal Evidence in Hong Kong指出:『There are circumstances in which a court may more readily draw an inference adverse to the accused from evidence in the absence of testimony from the accused.』編者引述了R. v. Lo Sui Wing amp。 Another, CACC509/1989,當(dāng)中MacdougallJA指出:『Where an inference of guilt may properly be drawn from a set of facts, a jury or a judge sitting without a jury, is entitled in the absence of a credible explanation leading to a different conclusion, to convict the accused on the basis of that inference.』在R. v. Cunningham一案中,F(xiàn)uadVP裁決指出,如果在被告人選擇不作供的情況下,被告人不應(yīng)該對(duì)於一個(gè)法定上能推論到的結(jié)論,在這情況下較容易被推論到而感到意外。(An accused person should not be surprised if an inference which can legitimately be drawn is more readily drawn when the accused elects not to g