The doctor had appealed on the grounds that the original trial judge had prejudiced her case with unfair instructions to the jury, a position three appellate justices found to be misconceived.
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HONG KONG, Dec 13 (SCMP): A doctor found guilty of killing a woman through gross negligence in Hong Kong’s worst beauty treatment blunder has been jailed for 3½ years.
Madam Justice Judianna Barnes said Dr Mak Wan-ling had failed to exercise independent judgment, despite her role as a doctor on “the last line of defence in this money-grabbing venture” her employer had introduced to a network of 38 beauty centres under DR Group in 2012.
“Chan Yuen-lam [the deceased] trusted the defendant as a doctor,” the judge said. “The defendant, unfortunately for Chan Yuen-lam, failed miserably.”
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