Mr Hanif Mughal, instructed by Messrs K M Cheung & Co. (assigned by DLA)
HCCC 231/2010
HCCC231/2010
IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
CRIMINAL CASE NO. 231 OF 2010
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Before:
The Honourable Mrs Justice V Bokhary
Date:
17 September 2010 at 10.01 am
Present:
Mr Peter Power, SADPP, of the Department of Justice, for HKSAR Mr Hanif Mughal, instructed by Messrs K M Cheung & Co. (assigned by DLA), for the Accused
Offence:
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
COURT: Lau Ka-pui, you stand convicted of one charge of trafficking in a dangerous drug.
You have pleaded guilty in the Magistrates' Court and have been committed to the High Court for sentence. The quantity of drugs involved are 750.01 grammes of a powder containing 594.83 grammes of ketamine. These drugs were imported into Hong Kong from across the border. All things considered I adopt a starting point of 11½ years, and enhance it by six months, making a total of 12 years. I have taken everything ably urged in mitigation on your behalf. There is really no real mitigation apart from your plea of guilty for which I shall give you the full one-third discount, reducing the starting point to one of 8 years’ imprisonment. You are sentenced to 8 years' imprisonment.
You have pleaded guilty in the Magistrates' Court and have been committed to the High Court for sentence.
The quantity of drugs involved are 750.01 grammes of a powder containing 594.83 grammes of ketamine. These drugs were imported into Hong Kong from across the border.
All things considered I adopt a starting point of 11½ years, and enhance it by six months, making a total of 12 years.
I have taken everything ably urged in mitigation on your behalf. There is really no real mitigation apart from your plea of guilty for which I shall give you the full one-third discount, reducing the starting point to one of 8 years’ imprisonment.
You are sentenced to 8 years' imprisonment.