Ms Lisa D’Almada Remedios, instructed by the Legal Aid Department
HCCC 249/2013
IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
CRIMINAL CASE NO 249 OF 2013
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Transcript of the Audio Recording of the Sentence in the above Case
COURT: You have pleaded guilty in the magistrates’ court to trafficking in a dangerous drugs consisting of 0.96 kilogramme of a powder containing 0.81 kilogramme of ketamine and have been committed to this court for sentence.
I have taken into account everything said on your behalf in your mitigation. In my view, it is appropriate to adopt a starting point of 13 years imprisonment. The only real mitigation available to you is your plea of guilty. For that I give you a discount of one-third. Accordingly, I sentence you to 8 years and 8 months imprisonment.
I have taken into account everything said on your behalf in your mitigation. In my view, it is appropriate to adopt a starting point of 13 years imprisonment. The only real mitigation available to you is your plea of guilty. For that I give you a discount of one-third.
Accordingly, I sentence you to 8 years and 8 months imprisonment.