Read the full judgment text of CACC 000070/2008 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 7 November 2008.
1. On 30 January 2008, the applicants were convicted on their own pleas before DHCJ Lugar-Mawson of separate offences of trafficking in heroin, contrary to section 4(1)(a) and (3) of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, Cap. 134. The 1 st applicant was convicted of trafficking in 603.05 grammes of the drug and the 2 nd applicant of trafficking in 669.06 grammes. The judge in sentencing each applicant took, in accordance with the guidelines set out in R. v. Lau Tak Ming and Ors. (1990) 2 HKLR 370 at