HKSAR v. Woo Ka Wai

Read the full judgment text of HCCC 89/2018 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 14 May 2018.

Case No.HCCC 89/2018[2018] HKCFI 1303
Court
High Court CFI
Date14 May 2018
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Case Document
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HCCC 89/2018

[2018] HKCFI 1303

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

CRIMINAL CASE NO 89 OF 2018

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  HKSAR  
  v  
  Woo Ka-wai  

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Before: DHCJ V Bokhary
Date: 14 May 2018 at 9.55 am
Present: Ms Noelle A Chit, PP of the Department of Justice, for HKSAR
Mr Hui Cheunk-lun, Lawrence, instructed by Cheung & Liu, assigned by DLA, for the accused
Offence: Trafficking in a dangerous drug (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:

Woo Ka-wai, I have taken into account everything said on your behalf. You stand convicted of one charge of trafficking in a dangerous drug. You pleaded guilty in the Magistrates’ Court and you have been committed to this court for sentence. The offence was committed on 8 June 2017 at a hotel lift lobby in Tin Shui Wai where you were intercepted and searched by police officers when the dangerous drugs in the charge were found inside the rear pocket of your jeans.

The drugs involved were 13.1 grams of a crystalline solid containing 13 grams of methamphetamine hydrochloride, commonly known as “ice”. The estimated street value of these drugs was HK$4,493.

All things considered I adopt a starting point of 7 years’ imprisonment. Having taken into account everything urged on your behalf, in particular your plea of guilty at the Magistrates’ Court, I give you a full one-third discount thereby reducing the sentence to one of 4 years and 8 months’ imprisonment. You are therefore sentenced to 4 years and 8 months’ imprisonment.