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HCCC157/2010
IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
CRIMINAL CASE NO. 157 OF 2010
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HKSAR |
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Sidibe Mohamed |
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| Date: |
8 July 2010 at 9.55 am |
| Present: |
Mr Franco Kuan, PP of the Department of Justice, for HKSAR
Mr Ching Wan-fung, assigned by the Legal Aid Department, 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: The defendant pleaded guilty in Eastern Magistracy to an offence of trafficking in 750.48 grammes of heroin and has been committed to this court for sentence.
The defendant, a 30-year-old citizen of the Republic of Guinea, arrived at Hong Kong International Airport on a flight from Kuala Lumpur on 18 January of this year.
He was selected for a search by Customs officers, and as a result was suspected of having concealed drugs in his body. He was taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital, and foreign objects were discovered inside his body cavity. Over the next four days the defendant discharged 82 pellets containing the drugs.
I take a starting point of sentence of 20 years 6 months’ imprisonment. That is enhanced to 21 years 6 months’ imprisonment given the international dimension of the offence.
There is no substantive mitigation available to the defendant apart from his plea of guilty.
On that basis, his sentence is reduced to one of 14 years 4 months’ imprisonment.
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