Mr Raymond Yu, instructed by Martin Law & Co., assigned by the Director of Legal Aid
HCCC 394A/2009
HCCC394/2009
IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
CRIMINAL CASE NO. 394 OF 2009
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Transcript of the Audio Recording of the Sentence in the above Case
COURT: The jury convicted you of trafficking in dangerous drugs. The drug was ketamine and the amount involved was 1.2 kilograms.
No one involves themselves in drugs of that quantity without knowing they are playing for high stakes. You will know that the sentences are predicated on guidelines which are, in turn, based on the weight and nature of the drug. The guideline for ketamine runs out at 1,000 grammes, attracting sentences of 14 years and upwards. The 20-year-old girl you were with received a sentence based on a 14-year starting point. I shall adopt the same. On Count 1 on this indictment, you will go to prison for 14 years. You are already serving sentences for trafficking in dangerous drugs, but the arrest for those offences, which antedated the present crime, came after you were arrested for this crime. This crime was not on bail. In those circumstances, as a matter of totality, I shall overlap the sentences and this 14 years I pass on you today will commence after the expiry of 1 year of the 30 months that you are now serving. The total therefore is 15 years’ imprisonment.
No one involves themselves in drugs of that quantity without knowing they are playing for high stakes. You will know that the sentences are predicated on guidelines which are, in turn, based on the weight and nature of the drug. The guideline for ketamine runs out at 1,000 grammes, attracting sentences of 14 years and upwards.
The 20-year-old girl you were with received a sentence based on a 14-year starting point. I shall adopt the same.
On Count 1 on this indictment, you will go to prison for 14 years.
You are already serving sentences for trafficking in dangerous drugs, but the arrest for those offences, which antedated the present crime, came after you were arrested for this crime. This crime was not on bail. In those circumstances, as a matter of totality, I shall overlap the sentences and this 14 years I pass on you today will commence after the expiry of 1 year of the 30 months that you are now serving.
The total therefore is 15 years’ imprisonment.