HKSAR v diaz rachel ann (D2)

Read the full judgment text of CACC 000326/2006 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 8 November 2007.

1. On 22 March 2006, the applicant (D2 at trial), aged 18, pleaded guilty to trafficking with two others (D1 and D3) in a mixture containing 701.79 grammes of heroin hydrochloride.  Deputy High Court Judge Longley sentenced the applicant, on 3 April 2006, to 10 years and 8 months’ imprisonment against which she now seeks leave to appeal out of time.  On the same occasion, D1, aged 15, received a sentence of 9 years’ imprisonment and D3, aged 21, was sentenced to 13 years and 4 months following t