Mr Peter C T Lee, instructed by Messrs Benjamin Au & Billy Chan (assigned by DLA)
HCCC 293/2010
HCCC293/2010
IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
CRIMINAL CASE NO. 293 OF 2010
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Before:
The Honourable Mrs Justice V Bokhary
Date:
7 April 2011 at 9.58 am
Present:
Ms Irene Fan, SPP, of the Department of Justice, for HKSARMr Peter C T Lee, instructed by Messrs Benjamin Au & Billy Chan (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: Chung Ho-yi, you stand convicted on your own plea of guilty 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 489.90 grammes of a solid containing 360.96 grammes of cocaine. For that quantity of drugs I adopt a starting point of 14 years’ imprisonment. I have taken into account everything urged in mitigation on your behalf, including your plea of guilty and your co‑operation with the police upon your arrest, for which I shall give you the full one-third discount, reducing the starting point to one of 9 years and 4 months. You are therefore sentenced to 9 years and 4 months’ imprisonment.
The quantity of drugs involved is 489.90 grammes of a solid containing 360.96 grammes of cocaine. For that quantity of drugs I adopt a starting point of 14 years’ imprisonment. I have taken into account everything urged in mitigation on your behalf, including your plea of guilty and your co‑operation with the police upon your arrest, for which I shall give you the full one-third discount, reducing the starting point to one of 9 years and 4 months.
You are therefore sentenced to 9 years and 4 months’ imprisonment.