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HCCC207/2009
IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
CRIMINAL CASE NO. 207 OF 2009
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Before:
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The Honourable Mrs Justice V Bokhary
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Date:
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6 August 2009 at 10.03 am
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Present:
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Ms Rosaline Leung, SPP of the Department of Justice, for HKSAR
Ms See Heung-woon, Sabrina, instructed by Messrs Joseph Chu, Lo & Lau (assigned by DLA), for the Accused
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Offence:
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Trafficking in a dangerous drug (販運危險藥物)
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Transcript of the Audio Recording
of the Sentence in the above Case
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COURT: Tse Kwok-ho, you stand convicted on your own plea of guilty on two counts of trafficking in dangerous drugs. The quantity of drugs involved in Charge 1 is 27.58 grammes of a powder containing 23.45 grammes of ketamine. The quantity of drugs involved in Charge 2 is 332.03 grammes of a powder containing 186.16 grammes of ketamine. I consider that the appropriate starting point for Charge 1 to be in the region of 4½ years, and for Charge 2 to be in the region of 8 years’ imprisonment.
Having taken everything into account urged in mitigation on your behalf, particularly your pleas of guilty and your cooperation with the police, I think that the discount reducing the sentences to one of 3 years’ imprisonment under Charge 1 and one of 5 years and 4 months’ imprisonment under Charge 2 would be appropriate.
In all the circumstances and bearing in mind the principle of totality, I order these two sentences to run concurrently.
You will therefore go to prison for a total of 5 years and
4 months’ imprisonment.
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