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At the hearing we dismissed this leave application for reasons which we now provide.

We are satisfied that the following question is of the requisite importance and grant leave to appeal in respect of the same, namely:

The applicant, a national of Guyana, pleaded guilty before a magistrate on 22 June 2020 to one charge of trafficking in a dangerous drug, namely 915.7 grammes of a solid containing 406.8 grammes of cocaine, contrary to section 4(1)(a) and (3) of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, Cap 134. Having been committed to the High Court for sentence, he was in due course sentenced by Yau J (“the judge”) on 21 September 2020 to 10½ years’ imprisonment.

The applicant (designated as D2 at trial) was committed to the High Court for trial by a magistrate on 20 December 2021, having indicated that he would plead not guilty to one count of trafficking in a dangerous drug. On 9 January 2024, pursuant to a plea bargain, the applicant pleaded guilty before Deputy High Court Judge A Wong (the judge) in the High Court to an amended indictment dated 5 December 2023, charging one count of conspiracy to traffic in a dangerous drug, alleging that he consp

申請人經審訊後，被裁定一項 「盜竊罪」 [1] （控罪1）、一項「未獲授權而取用運輸工具罪」 [2] 和一項「妨礙司法公正罪」 [3] （控罪3）罪名成立，被原審區域法院法官（練錦鴻法官）判處3年6個月的即時監禁，申請人不服有關的裁決，現就定罪和判刑提出上訴許可申請。

On 18 October 2024, the applicant was found guilty after trial of three charges of trafficking in a dangerous drug before District Court Judge Wong Sze Lai, Lily (the judge). The facts of the case, as found by the judge, were relatively straightforward. As part of a covert decoy operation, the police observed the applicant selling cocaine. He sold cocaine to a police officer posing as a customer on both 26 November and 16 December 2022. Upon his arrest, the police recovered seven packets of c

There are before the Court two applications taken out by the Defendants by a summons filed on 14 April 2025 (“ the Summons ”):