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HCCC35/2010
IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
CRIMINAL CASE NO. 35 OF 2010
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Date:
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24 March 2010 at 9.39 am
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Present:
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Ms Christal Chan, Senior Public Prosecutor of the Department of Justice, for HKSAR
Mr Lam Siu-wah, Joseph, instructed by the Director of Legal Aid, for the Accused
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Offence:
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Trafficking in a dangerous drug (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: I have to sentence you for trafficking in dangerous drugs.
The drug was ketamine. You carried 830 grammes across the border from the mainland into Hong Kong. You had it strapped to your body.
You will know perfectly well that we sentence according to guidelines, and you fall in the 600 to 1,000 gramme bracket, attracting a starting point after trial of 12 to 14 years’ imprisonment. You know you will earn a third discount for your plea of guilty.
You have been convicted of trafficking before, which is an aggravation. Bringing the drugs across the border is a further aggravation. Those matters tend to put you up a bracket.
On the other hand, your plea was early, you were co‑operative, and I will accept the submission that you were a foot soldier.
Bearing in mind all of those matters, and balancing them, I shall take a starting point of 13½ years, resulting in a sentence of 9 years’ imprisonment.
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