Read the full judgment text of CACC 203/2016 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 13 February 2018.
1. The applicant initially sought leave to appeal out of time against a sentence of 11 years and 4 months’ imprisonment imposed on him by Deputy High Court Judge S D’Almada Remedios (as D’Almada Remedios J then as) (“the judge”) on 11 September 2015, following his plea of guilty on the same day to a charge of unlawfully trafficking in a dangerous drug, namely 489 grammes of cocaine narcotic, contrary to section (4)(1)(a) and (3) of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, Cap 134.