Mr Maurice Tracy, instructed by the Legal Aid Department
HCCC 211/2012
HCCC211/2012
IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
CRIMINAL CASE NO. 211 OF 2012
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Transcript of the Audio Recording of the Sentence in the above Case
COURT: I have taken into account everything urged in mitigation on your behalf.
You stand convicted on your own pleas of guilty of two charges of trafficking in dangerous drugs. The drugs involved under Charge 1 are 117.26 grammes of a powder containing 79.88 grammes of cocaine. The drugs involved under Charge 2 are 285.79 grammes of a powder containing 137.84 grammes of cocaine. In my view, the appropriate starting point would be in the region of 9 years’ imprisonment for the drug under Charge 1 and 10½ years’ imprisonment under Charge 2. I have considered everything urged on your behalf, particularly your pleas of guilty. I think that a discount reducing the sentence to one of 6 years under Charge 1 and 7 years under Charge 2 to be appropriate. In all the circumstances and bearing in mind the principle of totality and the total amount of drug involved, I consider an overall sentence of 8 years to be appropriate. To achieve that overall sentence, I sentence you to 6 years under Charge 1 and 7 years’ imprisonment under Charge 2 and I order that 2 years of the 7 years under Charge 2 be served consecutively with the 6 years under Charge 1. You will therefore go to prison for a total of 8 years.
You stand convicted on your own pleas of guilty of two charges of trafficking in dangerous drugs. The drugs involved under Charge 1 are 117.26 grammes of a powder containing 79.88 grammes of cocaine. The drugs involved under Charge 2 are 285.79 grammes of a powder containing 137.84 grammes of cocaine.
In my view, the appropriate starting point would be in the region of 9 years’ imprisonment for the drug under Charge 1 and 10½ years’ imprisonment under Charge 2.
I have considered everything urged on your behalf, particularly your pleas of guilty. I think that a discount reducing the sentence to one of 6 years under Charge 1 and 7 years under Charge 2 to be appropriate.
In all the circumstances and bearing in mind the principle of totality and the total amount of drug involved, I consider an overall sentence of 8 years to be appropriate.
To achieve that overall sentence, I sentence you to 6 years under Charge 1 and 7 years’ imprisonment under Charge 2 and I order that 2 years of the 7 years under Charge 2 be served consecutively with the 6 years under Charge 1.
You will therefore go to prison for a total of 8 years.