Mr James Cheng, instructed by Messrs Laracy & Co (assigned by DLA)
HCCC 276/2014
IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
CRIMINAL CASE NO 276 OF 2014
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Transcript of the Audio Recording of the Sentence in the above Case
COURT: I have taken into account everything urged on your behalf and I have read the letters submitted by you and your fiancé.
You stand convicted of one charge of trafficking in a dangerous drug. You have pleaded guilty at the Magistrates Court and have been committed to the High Court for sentence. The quantity of drugs involved is 49.60 grammes of a crystalline solid containing 48.85 grammes of methamphetamine hydrochloride. These drugs were imported into Hong Kong from across the border and therefore calls for enhancement. All things considered, I adopt a starting point of 8 and a half years’ imprisonment, enhance it by 6 months, making a total of 9 years’ imprisonment. It has been accepted by the prosecution that you have given information to the police which resulted in the arrest and conviction of a person for simple possession. Having taken into account everything that has been urged on your behalf and in all the circumstances, including your plea of guilty and your assistance to the police, I shall give you a 40 percent discount, but rounding it down in your favour, thereby reducing the starting point to one of 5 years and 4 months’ imprisonment. You are therefore sentenced to 5 year and 4 months’ imprisonment.
You stand convicted of one charge of trafficking in a dangerous drug. You have pleaded guilty at the Magistrates Court and have been committed to the High Court for sentence. The quantity of drugs involved is 49.60 grammes of a crystalline solid containing 48.85 grammes of methamphetamine hydrochloride. These drugs were imported into Hong Kong from across the border and therefore calls for enhancement.
All things considered, I adopt a starting point of 8 and a half years’ imprisonment, enhance it by 6 months, making a total of 9 years’ imprisonment.
It has been accepted by the prosecution that you have given information to the police which resulted in the arrest and conviction of a person for simple possession.
Having taken into account everything that has been urged on your behalf and in all the circumstances, including your plea of guilty and your assistance to the police, I shall give you a 40 percent discount, but rounding it down in your favour, thereby reducing the starting point to one of 5 years and 4 months’ imprisonment.
You are therefore sentenced to 5 year and 4 months’ imprisonment.