HKSAR v. Chung Yuk Ying
Read the full judgment text of HCCC 11/2016 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 4 March 2016.
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HCCC 11/2016 IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE CRIMINAL CASE NO 11 OF 2016 -----------------
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--------------------------------- Transcript of the Audio Recording --------------------------------- COURT: I have taken into account everything that your counsel has urged on your behalf. You stand convicted of one charge of possession of dangerous drugs and one charge of trafficking in dangerous drugs. You have pleaded guilty at the Magistrates’ Court and you have been committed to this court for sentence. The quantity of drugs under the possession charge is 1.83 grammes of a crystalline solid containing 1.81 grammes of methamphetamine hydrochloride, commonly known as ‘Ice’. The quantity of drugs under the trafficking charge is 212.75 grammes of a solid containing 155.23 grammes of ketamine, commonly known as ‘K Chai’. All things considered, I consider a starting point of 6 months under the possession charge and 7 years under the trafficking charge to be appropriate. Having taken into account everything urged on your behalf, particularly your early pleas of guilty and your cooperation with the police, I consider a discount reducing the sentences to one of 4 months’ imprisonment under the possession charge and 4 years and 8 months’ imprisonment under the trafficking charge to be appropriate. In all the circumstances and bearing in mind the principle of totality, I consider that the two sentences should run concurrently to each other. I therefore sentence you to 4 months’ imprisonment under the possession charge and 4 years and 8 months’ imprisonment under the trafficking charge, and I order that the two sentences to run concurrently with each other. |