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HCCC62/2012
IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
CRIMINAL CASE NO. 62 OF 2012
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| Before: |
The Honourable Mrs Justice V Bokhary |
| Date: |
9 May 2012, at 9.51 am |
| Present: |
Mr Chiu Wai-tin, SPP, of the Department of Justice, for HKSAR |
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Mr John McNamara, instructed by Messrs Christine M Koo & Ip (assigned by DLA), for the Accused |
| Offence: |
(1) & (2) 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: I have taken into account everything that has been urged on your behalf. You stand convicted on your own pleas of guilty of two charges of trafficking in a dangerous drug.
The drugs involved in Charge 1 are 177.31 grammes of a powder containing 45.33 grammes of ketamine. The drugs involved in Charge 2 are 256.34 grammes of a powder containing 109.61 grammes of ketamine.
In my view, the appropriate starting point should be in the region of 5½ years’ imprisonment for the drugs under Charge 1, and 6½ years under Charge 2.
Having considered everything urged in mitigation by your counsel on your behalf, particularly your early pleas of guilty, I shall give you the full one-third discount, thereby reducing the sentence to one of 3 years and 8 months under Charge 1 and 4 years and 4 months under Charge 2.
In all the circumstances and bearing in mind the total amount of drugs involved and the principle of totality, I consider an overall sentence of 5 years to be appropriate.
To achieve that overall I sentence you to 3 years and 8 months’ imprisonment under Charge 1, and 4 years and 4 months’ imprisonment under Charge 2, and I order that 1 year and 4 months out of the 4 years and 4 months under Charge 2 be served consecutively with the 3 years and 8 months under Charge 1.
You will therefore go to prison for a total of 5 years.
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