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DCCC 596/2011
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
CRIMINAL CASE NO. 596 OF 2011
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| Before: |
Deputy District Judge Anthony Yuen |
| Date: |
3 August 2011 at 9.45 am, at Kwun Tong Magistrates’ Courts |
| Present: |
Miss Lisa Go, PP of the Department of Justice, for HKSAR |
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Mr Dennis K H Ting, of Messrs Tse Yuen Ting Wong, for the Defendant |
| Offence: |
(1) Possessing of a dangerous drug (管有危險藥物) |
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(2) Assaulting a police officer (襲擊執行職責的警務人員) |
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Reasons for Sentence
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1. The defendant pleaded guilty to one count of possession of a dangerous drug and one account of assaulting a police officer.
2. Facts revealed that on 26 March this year at around 3.23 am, you were stopped and searched by the police and it was found in your possession a plastic bag, containing 2.55 grammes of powder and containing 1.89 grammes of ketamine. During the arrest, you assaulted a police officer who suffered from superficial injuries as a result. You were subsequently subdued by both police officers.
3. The court asked for a DATC report before sentencing. The report confirmed, amongst other things, that you were no longer a drug dependent.
4. In sentencing you, I will take into account your plea of guilty, the mitigation put forward by your counsel and also the totality principle.
5. For each charge, I will take six months’ starting point because of your plea, I reduce it to four months and the sentence is to run concurrently to each other; meaning the total sentence being four months.
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(Anthony Yuen)
Deputy District Judge |
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