Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000324/1998 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 29 April 1998.
1. The Appellant pleaded guilty to possession of dangerous drugs. The mixture had 0.14 gramme of heroin hydrochloride. The Appellant had 29 previous convictions, 14 of which were drugs related. The starting point for possession of heroin is 12 months imprisonment. The Magistrate used a starting point of nine months to take into account the small quantity involved and reduced it by one-third and imposed a six months sentence of imprisonment.