Mr Kevin John Patterson, instructed by the Legal Aid Department
HCCC 35/2009
HCCC35/2009
IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
CRIMINAL CASE NO. 35 OF 2009
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Before:
The Honourable Mrs Justice V Bokhary
Date:
18 March 2009 at 9.52 am
Present:
Mr Vincent Wong, SPP of the Department of Justice, for HKSAR Mr Kevin John Patterson, instructed by the Legal Aid Department, for the Accused
Offence:
Trafficking in a dangerous drug (販運危險藥物)
Transcript of the Audio Recording of the Sentence in the above case
COURT: You stand convicted of one charge of trafficking in ketamine. It is to your credit that you stand so convicted on your own plea of guilty at the Magistrates Court.
The quantity involved is 242.26 grammes of powder containing 203.26 grammes of ketamine. In my view, the appropriate starting point for that quantity is about 8 years’ imprisonment. Having listened to your counsel’s mitigation with care and taking into account everything that he has urged on your behalf, particularly your early plea of guilty, I sentence you to 5 years and 4 months’ imprisonment, giving you a full discount of one-third. You will therefore go to prison for 5 years and 4 months.
The quantity involved is 242.26 grammes of powder containing 203.26 grammes of ketamine. In my view, the appropriate starting point for that quantity is about 8 years’ imprisonment.
Having listened to your counsel’s mitigation with care and taking into account everything that he has urged on your behalf, particularly your early plea of guilty, I sentence you to 5 years and 4 months’ imprisonment, giving you a full discount of one-third. You will therefore go to prison for 5 years and 4 months.