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HCCC 22/2013
IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
CRIMINAL CASE NO 22 OF 2013
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HKSAR |
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Mohamed, Zaituni Zaharani |
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| Before: |
The Honourable Mrs Justice V Bokhary |
| Date: |
21 March 2013 at 9.49 am |
| Present: |
Mr Harish Melwaney, SPP of the Department of Justice, for HKSAR |
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Mr James Niehorster, instructed by Messrs Massie & Clement (assigned by DLA), for the accused |
| Offence: |
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: 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 the High Court for sentence.
I have taken into account everything that has been ably urged on your behalf.
The quantity of drugs involved is 0.93 kilogramme of a mixture containing 0.55 kilogramme of heroin hydrochloride. These drugs were imported into Hong Kong from abroad which calls for enhancement.
All things considered, I adopt a starting point of 18 years and 9 months, enhance it by 1 year, making a total of 19 years and 9 months.
Having taken into account everything urged in mitigation on your behalf, including your plea of guilty, an early one, and your family circumstances, I shall give you a discount of slightly more than a third, reducing the starting point to one of 13 years’ imprisonment.
You are therefore sentenced to 13 years’ imprisonment.
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