Read the full judgment text of CACC 000294/1997 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 5 November 1997.
1. The applicant in this matter faced one charge of trafficking in a dangerous drug, it being alleged that on 10th February 1996, at Canton Road near Arran Street, Mongkok, he unlawfully trafficked in a drug, namely 82.50 grammes of a mixture containing 41.87 grammes of heroin hydrochloride. Initially he absconded but was later arrested and pleaded guilty to that charge on his first appearance in court after arrest and was sentenced to six years' imprisonment. It is against that sentence that he