HKSAR v. SINTHUKHET KETKAEO

HCCC296/2009

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

CRIMINAL CASE NO. 296 OF 2009

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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 on your own pleas of guilty on one count of trafficking in a dangerous drug and two counts of possession of a dangerous drug.

     The drugs involved in Count 1 are 83.73 grammes of a crystalline solid containing 83.37 grammes of methamphetamine hydrochloride.  The drugs involved in Count 2 are 23.10 grammes of a crystalline solid containing 22.88 grammes of methamphetamine hydrochloride.  The drugs involved in Count 3 are 0.01 gramme of a powder containing methamphetamine hydrochloride.

     I consider the appropriate starting point to be in the region of 10½ years’ imprisonment for Count 1; 18 months’ imprisonment for Count 2; and 12 months’ imprisonment for Count 3.

     Having taken into account everything urged in mitigation on your behalf, particularly your pleas of guilty, I think that a discount reducing the sentences to one of 7 years’ imprisonment under Count 1, 12 months’ imprisonment under Count 2, and 8 months’ imprisonment under Count 3 to be appropriate.

     In all the circumstances of this case, I consider concurrent sentences to be appropriate.

     So under Count 1, I sentence you to 7 years’ imprisonment; under Count 2, 12 months’ imprisonment; and under Count 3, 8 months’ imprisonment. I order that all the sentences are to run concurrently.

     You will therefore go to prison for a total of 7 years’ imprisonment.