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HCCC81/2009
IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
CRIMINAL CASE NO. 81 OF 2009
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HKSAR |
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Anti Ampofo Mosen |
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Before:
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Deputy High Court Judge Geiser
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Date:
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29 September 2009 at 3.06 pm
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Present:
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Mr Shaun Kelly, on fiat, for HKSAR
Mr Philip Ross, instructed by Jal N Karbhari & Co., for the Accused
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Offence:
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(1) & (2) 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: Defendant, you have been convicted by the jury of these two counts of trafficking in dangerous drugs. You were stopped and searched on 4 October last year at Baker Street, Hung Hom, in Kowloon, when the drugs being the subject matter of Count 1 were found hidden beneath two pairs of underpants that you were wearing.
You were then taken back to your premises where a much larger stash of cocaine, forming the subject matter of Count 2, was discovered, together with typical drug-trafficking paraphernalia in the form of electronic scales and numerous plastic packets suitable for transferring into smaller amount of cocaine, suitable for sale on the street.
In the course of this trial, you have seen fit to make the most outrageous allegations against the police, accusing them of theft of valuables from your flat and theft of approximately $17,000 in cash. You saw fit to make these allegations despite the complete absence of any evidence of such behaviour on the part of the police.
I find there to be no mitigating factors that can operate to reduce the normal starting point for trafficking in the quantities of cocaine that you were found to possess.
On Count 1, you will be sentenced to a term of 6½ years’ imprisonment.
On Count 2, I sentence you to a term of 10 years’ imprisonment but, due to the question of totality of sentence, I order 1 year of the sentence on Count 1 to run consecutively to the sentence on Count 2, arriving at a total sentence of 11 years’ imprisonment in all.
Appeal against conviction and sentence by the defendant to Court of Appeal allowed. Please refer to CACC349/2009 dated 16 October 2010 |