Mr David Boyton, instructed by Messrs Tangs Solicitors (assigned by DLA)
HCCC 175/2010
HCCC175/2010
IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
CRIMINAL CASE NO. 175 OF 2010
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Before:
The Honourable Mrs Justice V Bokhary
Date:
16 September 2010 at 9.49 am
Present:
Mr Ian Polson, counsel-on-fiat, instructed by the Department of Justice, for HKSAR Mr David Boyton, instructed by Messrs Tangs Solicitors (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
COURT: Accused, you stand convicted of one charge of trafficking in a dangerous drug. You have pleaded guilty in the Magistrates’ Court and have been committed to the High Court for sentence.
The quantity of drugs involved is 510.70 grammes of a solid containing 414 grammes of cocaine. I consider that the appropriate starting point for that quantity of drug to be in the region of 15 years. I have taken into account everything urged in mitigation on your behalf. There is really no real mitigation apart from your plea of guilty, for which I shall give you the full one‑third discount, reducing the starting point to one of 10 years’ imprisonment. You are therefore sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment.
The quantity of drugs involved is 510.70 grammes of a solid containing 414 grammes of cocaine.
I consider that the appropriate starting point for that quantity of drug to be in the region of 15 years.
I have taken into account everything urged in mitigation on your behalf. There is really no real mitigation apart from your plea of guilty, for which I shall give you the full one‑third discount, reducing the starting point to one of 10 years’ imprisonment.
You are therefore sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment.