CRIMINAL CASE NO. 381 OF 2011
COURT: You stand convicted on your own pleas of guilty of two charges of trafficking in a dangerous drug.
Your counsel has urged me to call for a Training Centre report. I do not consider that to be appropriate. However, I shall deal with you as leniently as I can.
The drugs involved in Charge 1 are 29.34 grammes of a powder containing 22.08 grammes of ketamine. The drugs involved in Charge 2 are 236.14 grammes of a powder containing 178.62 grammes of ketamine and 16.63 grammes of a solid containing 12.17 grammes of cocaine.
For the drugs involved in Charge 1, I consider the appropriate starting point to be in the region of 4½ years’ imprisonment. For the drugs involved in Charge 2, I follow the approach indicated by the Court of Appeal in the case of Wong Kin Kau which was decided on 4 May last year. By adopting that approach, I consider the appropriate starting point under Charge 2 to be in the region of 8 years’ imprisonment.
I have considered everything urged in mitigation on your behalf, particularly your pleas of guilty. I think that a discount reducing the sentence to one of 3 years under Charge 1 and 5 years and 4 months under Charge 2 to be appropriate.
In all the circumstances and bearing in mind the principle of totality and being as lenient as I can, I consider an overall sentence of 5½ years to be appropriate. To achieve that overall, I sentence you to 3 years’ imprisonment under Charge 1 and 5 years and 4 months’ imprisonment under Charge 2, and I order that 2½ years out of the 5 years and 4 months under Charge 2 be served consecutively with the 3 years under Charge 1.
You will therefore go to prison for a total of 5½ years’ imprisonment.