Ms Bina Sujanani, instructed by the Legal Aid Department
HCCC 220/2012
HCCC220/2012
IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
CRIMINAL CASE NO. 220 OF 2012
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Transcript of the Audio Recording of the Sentence in the above Case
COURT: The accused, I have taken into account everything urged in mitigation on your behalf.
You stand convicted of one charge of trafficking in dangerous drugs. You have pleaded guilty at the Magistrates’ Court and you have been committed to the High Court for sentence today. The quantity of drugs involved are 0.5 kilogramme of a mixture containing 0.23 kilogramme of heroin hydrochloride and 0.04 kilogramme of 6-monoacetylmorphine hydrochloride. For that quantity of drugs, I take a starting point of 13 years. These drugs were imported into Hong Kong, which calls for enhancement, and I enhance your sentence by 1 year, making a total of 14 years’ starting point. Having taken into account everything urged in mitigation on your behalf, including your early plea of guilty and also your family circumstances, I am prepared to give you a discount of slightly more than one-third, reducing the starting point to one of 9 years’ imprisonment. You will therefore go to prison for 9 years.
You stand convicted of one charge of trafficking in dangerous drugs. You have pleaded guilty at the Magistrates’ Court and you have been committed to the High Court for sentence today.
The quantity of drugs involved are 0.5 kilogramme of a mixture containing 0.23 kilogramme of heroin hydrochloride and 0.04 kilogramme of 6-monoacetylmorphine hydrochloride.
For that quantity of drugs, I take a starting point of 13 years. These drugs were imported into Hong Kong, which calls for enhancement, and I enhance your sentence by 1 year, making a total of 14 years’ starting point.
Having taken into account everything urged in mitigation on your behalf, including your early plea of guilty and also your family circumstances, I am prepared to give you a discount of slightly more than one-third, reducing the starting point to one of 9 years’ imprisonment.
You will therefore go to prison for 9 years.