Mr Duncan Percy, instructed by the Legal Aid Department
HCCC 198/2012
HCCC198/2012
IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
CRIMINAL CASE NO. 198 OF 2012
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Transcript of the Audio Recording of the Sentence in the above Case
COURT: Accused, 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 this court for sentence. The quantity of drugs involved is 1.15 kilogrammes of a mixture containing 0.6 kilogramme of heroin hydrochloride and 0.18 kilogramme of 6-monoacetylmorphine hydrochloride. These drugs were imported into Hong Kong, which calls for enhancement. All things considered, I adopt a starting point of 20½ years’ imprisonment and enhance it by 1 year, making a total of 21½ years. I have taken into account everything that has been urged in mitigation on your behalf. All things considered, I shall give you the full one-third discount, thereby reducing the starting point to one of 14 years and 4 months’ imprisonment. You will therefore go to prison for 14 years and 4 months.
You have pleaded guilty at the Magistrates’ Court and you have been committed to this court for sentence.
The quantity of drugs involved is 1.15 kilogrammes of a mixture containing 0.6 kilogramme of heroin hydrochloride and 0.18 kilogramme of 6-monoacetylmorphine hydrochloride.
These drugs were imported into Hong Kong, which calls for enhancement.
All things considered, I adopt a starting point of 20½ years’ imprisonment and enhance it by 1 year, making a total of 21½ years.
I have taken into account everything that has been urged in mitigation on your behalf. All things considered, I shall give you the full one-third discount, thereby reducing the starting point to one of 14 years and 4 months’ imprisonment.
You will therefore go to prison for 14 years and 4 months.