|
DCCC1323/2010
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
HONG KONGSPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
CRIMINAL CASE NO. 1323 OF 2010
----------------------
| |
HKSAR |
|
| |
v. |
|
| |
Desire Flaubert Wontcheu (D1) |
|
| |
Issa Traore (D2) |
|
----------------------
Before: |
Deputy District Judge A Yuen |
Date: |
4 March 2011 at 3.02 pm |
Present: |
Miss Monica Chan, PP of the Department of Justice, for HKSAR
Mr Amirali Bakirali, of Messrs Nasirs, for both Defendants |
Offence: |
Obtaining property by deception (以欺騙手段取得財產) |
---------------------
Reasons for Sentence
---------------------
1. Defendants, please stand up. Each of you pleaded guilty to one count of obtaining property by deception.
2. Facts revealed that, on 15 October last year, inside a hotel room, the two of you falsely represented to an undercover police officer that you could make bank notes with chemical and paper, with the intention of deceiving him US$20,100. The two of you were caught red-handed when you were on the way leaving the hotel. Although the amount of money involved in this case is not substantial - it is around HK$160,000 - the offence is serious by nature, and the facts also a serious one, and therefore it calls for a deterrent sentence.
3. The only mitigating factor in this case is your plea of guilty and your clear record. In sentencing you I will also take into account your counsel’s mitigation, including the fact that there is no international element in this case, and it is not a sophisticated operation.
4. For each of you I will take a 2 years' imprisonment as the starting point. Because of your plea I will reduce it to 16 months.
| |
A Yuen |
| |
Deputy District Judge |
|