Ms Daley Mak Hing-fun, Angel, instructed by the Legal Aid Department
HCCC 214/2012
HCCC214/2012
IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
CRIMINAL CASE NO. 214 OF 2012
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Transcript of the Audio Recording of the Sentence in the above Case
COURT: Lam Chong-fai, 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 are 107.06 grammes of powder containing 67.55 grammes of cocaine. I have taken into account everything urged in mitigation on your behalf. There is really no other real mitigation apart from your early plea of guilty, for which I shall give you a full one-third discount. All things considered, I adopt a starting point of 8½ years’ imprisonment. Giving you the full one-third discount, that will reduce your starting point to one of 5 years and 8 months. You are therefore sentenced to 5 years and 8 months’ imprisonment.
The quantity of drugs involved are 107.06 grammes of powder containing 67.55 grammes of cocaine.
I have taken into account everything urged in mitigation on your behalf. There is really no other real mitigation apart from your early plea of guilty, for which I shall give you a full one-third discount.
All things considered, I adopt a starting point of 8½ years’ imprisonment. Giving you the full one-third discount, that will reduce your starting point to one of 5 years and 8 months.
You are therefore sentenced to 5 years and 8 months’ imprisonment.