HKSAR v. MANZANARES ZEGARRA De VARGAS NORMA

HCCC123/2012

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

CRIMINAL CASE NO. 123 OF 2012

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Transcript of the Audio Recording
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COURT: Accused, I have taken into account everything that has been urged on your behalf.

You stand convicted of one charge of trafficking in a dangerous drug. The quantity of drugs involved is 2 kilogrammes of a powder containing 1.62 kilogrammes of cocaine.

These drugs have been imported into Hong Kong from abroad, which calls for enhancement.

All things considered, I adopt a starting point of 23½ years and enhance it by 2 years, making a total of 25½ years.

Having taken into account everything that has been urged in mitigation on your behalf, including your plea of guilty, I reduce the sentence from that starting point to one of 17 years.

You are therefore sentenced to 17 years’ imprisonment.