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HCCC 11/2016
IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
CRIMINAL CASE NO 11 OF 2016
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| Date: |
4 March 2016 at 10.20 am |
| Present: |
Ms Rosaline Leung, SADPP(Ag) of the Department of
Justice, for HKSAR |
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Mr Oliver Davies, instructed by Tse Yuen Ting Wong,
assigned by DLA, for the accused |
| Offence: |
(1) Possession of a dangerous drug (管有危險藥物) |
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(2) Trafficking in a dangerous drug (販運危險藥物) |
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Transcript of the Audio Recording
of the Sentence in the above Case
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COURT: I have taken into account everything that your counsel
has urged on your behalf. You stand convicted of one charge of
possession of dangerous drugs and one charge of trafficking in
dangerous drugs. You have pleaded guilty at the Magistrates’ Court
and you have been committed to this court for sentence.
The quantity of drugs under the possession charge is 1.83 grammes of a crystalline solid containing 1.81 grammes of methamphetamine hydrochloride, commonly known as ‘Ice’. The quantity of drugs under the trafficking charge is 212.75 grammes of a solid containing 155.23 grammes of ketamine, commonly known as ‘K Chai’.
All things considered, I consider a starting point of 6 months under the possession charge and 7 years under the trafficking charge to be appropriate.
Having taken into account everything urged on your behalf, particularly your early pleas of guilty and your cooperation with the police, I consider a discount reducing the sentences to one of 4 months’ imprisonment under the possession charge and 4 years and 8 months’ imprisonment under the trafficking charge to be appropriate.
In all the circumstances and bearing in mind the principle of totality, I consider that the two sentences should run concurrently to each other. I therefore sentence you to 4 months’ imprisonment under the possession charge and 4 years and 8 months’ imprisonment under the trafficking charge, and I order that the two sentences to run concurrently with each other.
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