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DCCC1269/2010
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
HONG KONGSPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
CRIMINAL CASE NO. 1269 OF 2010
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Before: |
Deputy District Judge A. Yuen |
Date: |
1 April 2011 at 12.21 pm |
Present: |
Miss Monica Chan, PP of the Department of Justice, for HKSAR
Mr William Allan, instructed by Paul Kwong & Co., for the Defendant |
Offence: |
Possession of a dangerous drug (管有危險藥物) |
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Reasons for Sentence
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1. You pleaded guilty to one count of possession of dangerous drugs. Facts revealed that on 9 September last year you were intercepted by police outside Choi Fu House, Choi Ming Court of Tseung Kwan O. Upon searching, it was found in your possession a plastic bag containing 21.91 grammes of a mixture containing 11.88 grammes of heroin hydrochloride. You admitted that you had these drugs for your own consumption.
2. Before sentencing you, this court has asked for a DATC report which confirmed that you are a drug addict but not suitable for admission to DATC.
3. It is apparent that you were a deep-rooted drug addict. You had been to DATC on a number of occasions and clearly the treatment has no effect on you and that is why you were found not suitable for admission to the centre.
4. In sentencing you, I will take into account your plea of guilty and the mitigation put forward by your counsel. I also noted that although the quantity of drugs involved in this case is not a very large amount but still of a substantive quantity and therefore has the latent risk of you sharing the drugs with others. I will therefore take 18 months as a starting point and because of your plea, I will reduce it to 12 months.
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Yuen |
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Deputy
District Judge |
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