CRIMINAL CASE NO. 39 OF 2009
COURT: Leung Kwok-kuen, you stand convicted on your own pleas of guilty on two charges of trafficking in a dangerous drug.
The drugs involved in the 1st charge is 21.75 grammes of a powder containing 17.35 grammes of ketamine. The drugs involved in the 2nd charge is 353.56 grammes of a powder containing 282.62 grammes of ketamine.
The appropriate starting point after trial is, in my view, in the region of 4½ years’ imprisonment under Charge 1 and 8½ years’ imprisonment under Charge 2.
Having taken into account everything urged by your counsel in mitigation on your behalf, including in particular your very early pleas of guilty and your co-operation with the police, I consider a discount reducing the sentences under Charge 1 to one of 3 years and under Charge 2 to one of 5 years and 8 months to be appropriate.
In all the circumstances and bearing in mind the principle of totality, I consider that an overall sentence of 6 years to be appropriate for the total amount of drugs involved in this case.
To achieve that, I sentence you to 3 years imprisonment under Charge 1 and 5 years and 8 months imprisonment under Charge 2, and I order that 3 years out of the 5 years and 8 months imprisonment under Charge 2 to be served consecutively with the 1st charge, and the remaining 2 years and 8 months' imprisonment to be served concurrently with the 3 years’ imprisonment which I have passed upon you under Charge 1.
You will therefore go to prison for a total of 6 years' imprisonment.