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HKSAR v. Singh Satinder Pal

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Case No.HCCC 510/2014
Court
High Court CFI
Date14 Aug 2015
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Case Document
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HCCC 510/2014

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

CRIMINAL CASE NO 510 OF 2014

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  HKSAR  
  v  
  SINGH Satinder Pal  

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Before: Deputy High Court Judge V Bokhary
Date: 14 August 2015 at 3.06 pm
Present: Mr Shaun Kelly, counsel-on-fiat, instructed by the Department of Justice, for HKSAR
Mr David Boyton, instructed by Messrs Jal N Karbhari & Co (assigned by DLA), for the accused
Offence: Trafficking in dangerous drugs (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 Accused, you stand convicted by the jury’s verdict of one count of trafficking in dangerous drugs. I have taken into account what your counsel has said on your behalf.

The drugs involved are 8.21 grammes of a crystalline solid containing 8.11 grammes of methamphetamine hydrochloride and 146.53 grammes of a powder containing 113.04 grammes of ketamine.

As to the appropriate approach to sentencing on account of trafficking different types of drugs, I follow the approach indicated by the Court of Appeal in the case of Wong Kin Kau, decided on 4 May 2010. In following that approach, I will do so having considered everything urged on your behalf by your counsel.

Having considered everything, I adopt a starting point of 7½ years and, there being no mitigating factor, I shall send you to prison to 7½ years. You are sentenced to imprisonment for 7½ years.