Ms Cheung Sau-kwan, Emily, instructed by the Legal Aid Department
HCCC 306/2008
HCCC306/2008
IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
CRIMINAL CASE NO. 306 OF 2008
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Before: The Honourable Mrs Justice V Bokhary
Date: 10 February 2009 at 10.11 am
Present:
Ms Christal Chan, SPP of the Department of Justice, for HKSAR Ms Cheung Sau-kwan, Emily, instructed by the Legal Aid Department, for the Accused
Offence: Trafficking in a dangerous drug (販運危險藥物)
Transcript of the Audio Recording of the Sentence in the above case
COURT: You stand convicted of one charge of trafficking in a dangerous drug. The drug in question is methamphetamine hydrochloride, commonly known as “ice”.
It is to your credit that you stand so convicted on your own plea of guilty. The quantity involved is 53.56 grammes of a crystalline solid containing 50.63 grammes of methamphetamine hydrochloride. In my view the appropriate starting point for that quantity of “ice” is about 8½ years' imprisonment.
I have listened with care to the mitigation offered on your behalf by your counsel. Having taken everything into account that has been urged on your behalf by your counsel, particularly your plea of guilty and your cooperation with the police upon arrest, I sentence you to 5 years and 8 months' imprisonment.