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DCCC372/2011
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
CRIMINAL CASE NO. 372 OF 2011
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Before:
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Deputy District Judge A Yuen
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Date:
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17 June 2011 at 2.44 pm
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Present:
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Miss Lisa Go, PP of the Department of Justice, for HKSAR
Mr Tong Yee-chun, of Raymond Chan, Kenneth Yuen & Co., assigned by the Director of Legal Aid, for the Defendant
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Offence:
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Trafficking in a dangerous drug (販賣危險藥物)
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Reasons for Sentence
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1. You pleaded guilty to one count of trafficking in dangerous drugs.
2. Facts revealed that on the 7 March this year, you were stopped and search by police in Soy Street, Mongkok, and found in your possession 60 packets of drugs, namely 9.95 grammes of a mixture containing 7.42 grammes of heroin.
3. You admitted that you helped someone to deliver the drugs to a park at Yung Shue Taufor sale and you would earn about HK$10 for each packet.
4. In sentencing you, I will take into account your plea of guilty and mitigation put forward by your counsel.
5. Your counsel suggested this court should adjourn the matter to next week pending for a letter from a priest, which hopefully will help this court in determining the appropriate sentence.
6. As I suggested to your counsel, your plea of guilty is the strongest mitigation factor in this case and I don’t think the letter will assist this court any further.
7. The sentencing guideline for this kind of offence is clear, for this quantity of heroin the term of imprisonment is from 2 to 5 years. I’ll take 3 years as a starting point because of your plea and I reduce it to 2 years.
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A Yuen
Deputy District Judge |
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