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HCCC52/2009
IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
CRIMINAL CASE NO. 52 OF 2009
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Before: The Honourable Mrs Justice V Bokhary
Date: 1 April 2009 at 9.52 am
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Present:
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Ms Laura Ng, SPP of the Department of Justice, for HKSAR
Mr Chow Pak-chu, Peter, instructed by the Legal Aid Department, for the Accused
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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: Accused, you stand convicted of one charge of trafficking in a dangerous drug. You have pleaded guilty at the Magistrates' Court and you have been committed to be sentenced before me today in the High Court.
The quantity of drugs involved is 1,000.04 grammes of powder containing 824.42 grammes of ketamine.
In my view, the appropriate starting point for that quantity of drugs is about 13½ years' imprisonment.
You are 32 years old, and you have been in trouble before. Having taken into account everything that has been urged on your behalf by your counsel, particularly your plea of guilty and your cooperation with the police by providing them with information, I am prepared to give you the full one-third discount in this case.
You are therefore sentenced to 9 years' imprisonment.
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