Mr Phil Chau, instructed by Messrs Boase, Cohen & Collins (assigned by DLA)
HCCC 455A/2013
HCCC 455/2013
IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
CRIMINAL CASE NO 455 OF 2013
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Transcript of the Audio Recording of the Sentence in the above Case
COURT: I have taken into account everything urged on your behalf. You stand convicted of one charge of trafficking in a dangerous drug. You have pleaded guilty at the Magistrates’ Court and have been committed to the High Court for sentence.
The quantity of drugs involved is 0.8 kilogramme of a mixture containing 0.66 kilogramme of heroin hydrochloride. These drugs were imported into Hong Kong and therefore calls for enhancement. All things considered, I adopt a starting point of 20 years; enhance it by one year, making a total of 21 years. Having taken into account everything urged on your behalf, I am prepared to give you a one-third discount, thereby reducing the starting point to one of 14 years. You are therefore sentenced to 14 years’ imprisonment.
The quantity of drugs involved is 0.8 kilogramme of a mixture containing 0.66 kilogramme of heroin hydrochloride. These drugs were imported into Hong Kong and therefore calls for enhancement.
All things considered, I adopt a starting point of 20 years; enhance it by one year, making a total of 21 years. Having taken into account everything urged on your behalf, I am prepared to give you a one-third discount, thereby reducing the starting point to one of 14 years.
You are therefore sentenced to 14 years’ imprisonment.