Chan, Ivan Man Sum 陳文深

He is instead convicted of manslaughter. In his original trial he denied killing her. That conviction was quashed on jury misdirection, and on retrial he admitted the killing and was convicted of murder a second time, but the judge failed to direct the jury on the partial defence of provocation and the alternative verdict of manslaughter. Third time lucky: the jury accepted his plea of provocation.

Mr Chan is awarded the costs of his 2nd trial (to the extent of his contribution to legal aid) and his successful appeal. He had already spent about HK$4m on his first trial.

Following the second trial, Mr Chan's conviction for murder is again quashed, this time because, although he admitted the killing, Judge Anthea Pang Po Kam failed to direct the jury on the partial defence of provocation and the alternative verdict of manslaughter. A retrial is ordered.

After his conviction was quashed on jury misdirection and a retrial ordered, Mr Chan fails to win the costs of his original trial, because he brought suspicion upon himself.

Mr Chan's 2015 conviction is quashed due to a jury misdirection by Deputy High Court Judge Michael Stuart-Moore (who was a Court of Appeal Vice President until retirement in 2009), and a retrial is ordered.

Ivan Chan Man Sum was an INED of Lisi Group (0526) from 14-Jun-2006 until 1-Jan-2013, 15 months after his mistress disappeared. Lisi was known as Magician Industries until 2010.