Ms Priscilia Lam, instructed by the Legal Aid Department
HCCC 213/2014
IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
CRIMINAL CASE NO 213 OF 2014
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Transcript of the Audio Recording of the Sentence in the above Case
COURT: The accused, 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 in the Magistrates Court and you have been committed to this court for sentence. The quantity of drugs involved in this case is 0.24 kilogramme of a crystalline solid containing 0.24 kilogramme of methamphetamine hydrochloride. These drugs were imported into Hong Kong from across the border. All things considered, I adopt a starting point of 13 years, enhance it by 6 months, making a total of 13½ years. I have taken into account everything urged on your behalf, including your early plea of guilty and also the assistance that you were prepared to give to the authorities. I shall give you a discount of slightly more than one‑third, reducing the starting point to one of 8½ years’ imprisonment. You are therefore sentenced to 8½ years’ imprisonment.
You have pleaded guilty in the Magistrates Court and you have been committed to this court for sentence.
The quantity of drugs involved in this case is 0.24 kilogramme of a crystalline solid containing 0.24 kilogramme of methamphetamine hydrochloride. These drugs were imported into Hong Kong from across the border.
All things considered, I adopt a starting point of 13 years, enhance it by 6 months, making a total of 13½ years.
I have taken into account everything urged on your behalf, including your early plea of guilty and also the assistance that you were prepared to give to the authorities.
I shall give you a discount of slightly more than one‑third, reducing the starting point to one of 8½ years’ imprisonment. You are therefore sentenced to 8½ years’ imprisonment.