Mr Kan Wing-fai, Terry, instructed by Messrs Kwok, Ng & Chan (assigned by DLA)
HCCC 209/2011
HCCC209/2011
IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
CRIMINAL CASE NO. 209 OF 2011
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Transcript of the Audio Recording of the Sentence in the above Case
COURT: Ho Wai-kuen, you stand convicted of one charge of trafficking in a dangerous drug. You have pleaded guilty at the Magistrates’ Court and you have been committed to the High Court for sentence.
The quantity of drugs involved is 143.63 grammes of a powder containing 109.89 grammes of ketamine. For that quantity of drugs, I adopt a starting point of 7 years. I have taken into account everything urged in mitigation on your behalf including the letters you have written and your plea of guilty, for which I shall give you the full one‑third discount, reducing the starting point to one of 4 years and 8 months. You have committed the present offence during the period of a suspended sentence passed on you in July 2010, and I see no reason why that suspended sentence of 3 months should not be activated, and I therefore activate that 3 months suspended term. You will therefore go to prison for a total of 4 years and 11 months.
The quantity of drugs involved is 143.63 grammes of a powder containing 109.89 grammes of ketamine.
For that quantity of drugs, I adopt a starting point of 7 years.
I have taken into account everything urged in mitigation on your behalf including the letters you have written and your plea of guilty, for which I shall give you the full one‑third discount, reducing the starting point to one of 4 years and 8 months.
You have committed the present offence during the period of a suspended sentence passed on you in July 2010, and I see no reason why that suspended sentence of 3 months should not be activated, and I therefore activate that 3 months suspended term.
You will therefore go to prison for a total of 4 years and 11 months.