Mr Pang Leung-ting, Norton, instructed by the Legal Aid Department
HCCC 453/2011
HCCC453/2011
IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
CRIMINAL CASE NO. 453 OF 2011
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Transcript of the Audio Recording of the Sentence in the above Case
COURT: Accused, I have taken into account everything urged on your behalf.
You stand convicted on your own plea of guilty in the Magistrates Court of one charge of trafficking in dangerous drugs. The drugs involved are 23.78 grammes of a solid containing 18.31 grammes of cocaine, 13.40 grammes of a crystalline solid containing 12.95 grammes of methamphetamine hydrochloride and 110 tablets containing 0.74 of a gramme of nimetazepam. In sentencing you, I adopt the approach indicated by the Court of Appeal in the case of Wong Kin Kau decided on 4 May last year. In following that approach, I have done so in the context of everything urged on your behalf and I adopt a starting point of 8 years as suggested by your counsel. Having considered everything urged in mitigation on your behalf, particularly your plea of guilty and your co-operation with the police, I shall give you the full one-third discount. You are therefore sentenced to 5 years and 4 months’ imprisonment.
You stand convicted on your own plea of guilty in the Magistrates Court of one charge of trafficking in dangerous drugs. The drugs involved are 23.78 grammes of a solid containing 18.31 grammes of cocaine, 13.40 grammes of a crystalline solid containing 12.95 grammes of methamphetamine hydrochloride and 110 tablets containing 0.74 of a gramme of nimetazepam.
In sentencing you, I adopt the approach indicated by the Court of Appeal in the case of Wong Kin Kau decided on 4 May last year. In following that approach, I have done so in the context of everything urged on your behalf and I adopt a starting point of 8 years as suggested by your counsel.
Having considered everything urged in mitigation on your behalf, particularly your plea of guilty and your co-operation with the police, I shall give you the full one-third discount.
You are therefore sentenced to 5 years and 4 months’ imprisonment.