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HCCC 18/2015
IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
CRIMINAL CASE NO 18 OF 2015
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| Date: |
15 March 2016 at 10.32 am |
| Present: |
Mr Jonathan Acton-Bond, on fiat, for HKSAR |
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Mr Christopher Grounds, instructed by Cheung & Liu, 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
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COURT: Accused, I have taken into account everything ably urged
on your behalf. You stand convicted of one charge of trafficking
in a dangerous drug. The quantity of drugs involved is 1.90
kilogrammes of a crystalline solid containing 1.87 kilogrammes of
methamphetamine hydrochloride.
These drugs were imported into Hong Kong from across the border. All things considered, and being as lenient as my duty allows me to do, I adopt a starting point of 23 years, enhance it by 2 years, making a total of 25 years’ imprisonment.
I have taken into account everything urged on your behalf, including your plea of guilty, your cooperation with the Customs in making admission right after your arrest, your taking part in a controlled delivery and your having given evidence in this court against another person. I shall give you a discount of slightly more than 50 per cent thereby reducing the starting point to one of 12 years’ imprisonment.
You were sentenced to 6 months’ imprisonment for an offence of conspiracy to dealing with property known or believed to represent proceeds of indictable offence on 15 February of this year.
In all the circumstances and having regard to the principle of totality, I order that that sentence of 6 months to run concurrently with the 12 years’ imprisonment which I have imposed upon you today.
I therefore sentence you to 12 years’ imprisonment and I make the order for that 6 months’ imprisonment to run concurrently with the 12 years’ imprisonment.
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