CRIMINAL CASE NO. 51 OF 2011
COURT: Wan Sin-kan, you stand convicted on your own pleas of guilty of two charges of trafficking in dangerous drugs and one charge of simple possession of dangerous drugs.
The drugs involved in Charge 1 are 19.63 grammes of a mixture containing 14.61 grammes of heroin hydrochloride. The drugs involved in Charge 2 are 108.45 grammes of a mixture containing 83.02 grammes of heroin hydrochloride. The drugs involved in Charge 3, being the simple possession charge, are 0.85 gramme of a mixture containing 0.62 gramme of heroin hydrochloride.
In my view, the appropriate starting points after trial would be in the region of 5½ years for the drugs in Charge 1, 9 years for the drugs in Charge 2, and 12 months for the simple possession, which is Charge 3.
I have considered everything ably urged in mitigation on your behalf by your counsel, particularly your pleas of guilty and your co‑operation with the police.
I think that a discount reducing the sentence to one of 3 years and 8 months under Charge 1, 6 years under Charge 2, and 8 months under Charge 3 to be appropriate.
In all the circumstances and bearing in mind the principle of totality, I consider that an overall sentence of 6½ years to be appropriate.
To achieve that overall, I sentence you to 3 years and 8 months under Charge 1; 6 years under Charge 2; and 8 months under Charge 3; and I order that 2 years and 10 months out of the 6 years under Charge 2 be served consecutively with the 3 years and 8 months’ imprisonment which I have passed on you under Charge 1, and that the sentence of 8 months which I have passed on you under Charge 3 be served concurrently with the other sentences.
You are therefore sentenced to a total of 6½ years’ imprisonment.