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HCCC 510/2014
IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
CRIMINAL CASE NO 510 OF 2014
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HKSAR |
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SINGH Satinder Pal |
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| Before: |
Deputy High Court Judge V Bokhary |
| Date: |
14 August 2015 at 3.06 pm |
| Present: |
Mr Shaun Kelly, counsel-on-fiat, instructed by the Department of Justice, for HKSAR |
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Mr David Boyton, instructed by Messrs Jal N Karbhari & Co (assigned by DLA), for the accused |
| Offence: |
Trafficking in dangerous drugs (販運危險藥物) |
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Transcript of the Audio Recording
of the Sentence in the above Case
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COURT: The Accused, you stand convicted by the jury’s verdict of
one count of trafficking in dangerous drugs. I have taken
into account what your counsel has said on your behalf.
The drugs involved are 8.21 grammes of a crystalline solid containing 8.11 grammes of methamphetamine hydrochloride and 146.53 grammes of a powder containing 113.04 grammes of ketamine.
As to the appropriate approach to sentencing on account of trafficking different types of drugs, I follow the approach indicated by the Court of Appeal in the case of Wong Kin Kau, decided on 4 May 2010. In following that approach, I will do so having considered everything urged on your behalf by your counsel.
Having considered everything, I adopt a starting point of 7½ years and, there being no mitigating factor, I shall send you to prison to 7½ years. You are sentenced to imprisonment for 7½ years.
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