HKSAR v. Sinthukhet Ketkaeo
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HCCC296/2009 IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE CRIMINAL CASE NO. 296 OF 2009 -----------------
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--------------------------------------------------------- Transcript of the Audio Recording --------------------------------------------------------- COURT: Accused, you stand convicted on your own pleas of guilty on one count of trafficking in a dangerous drug and two counts of possession of a dangerous drug. The drugs involved in Count 1 are 83.73 grammes of a crystalline solid containing 83.37 grammes of methamphetamine hydrochloride. The drugs involved in Count 2 are 23.10 grammes of a crystalline solid containing 22.88 grammes of methamphetamine hydrochloride. The drugs involved in Count 3 are 0.01 gramme of a powder containing methamphetamine hydrochloride. I consider the appropriate starting point to be in the region of 10½ years’ imprisonment for Count 1; 18 months’ imprisonment for Count 2; and 12 months’ imprisonment for Count 3. Having taken into account everything urged in mitigation on your behalf, particularly your pleas of guilty, I think that a discount reducing the sentences to one of 7 years’ imprisonment under Count 1, 12 months’ imprisonment under Count 2, and 8 months’ imprisonment under Count 3 to be appropriate. In all the circumstances of this case, I consider concurrent sentences to be appropriate. So under Count 1, I sentence you to 7 years’ imprisonment; under Count 2, 12 months’ imprisonment; and under Count 3, 8 months’ imprisonment. I order that all the sentences are to run concurrently. You will therefore go to prison for a total of 7 years’ imprisonment. |