A self-styled Taoist priest has secured permission to lodge an appeal against his murder conviction over the death of a mentally incapacitated woman following a series of “exorcism” rituals at a Hong Kong village house six years ago.
The Court of Appeal agreed to examine Dunsany Cheung Chi-choi’s conviction on a technical issue arising from the trial judge’s direction to the jury, which later unanimously found him guilty of murder, a charge that carries a mandatory life sentence.
The court also…