HKSAR v. So Man Ho

Case No.HCCC 75/2011
Court
High Court CFI
Date06 May 2011
Judge
Case Document
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HCCC75/2011

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

CRIMINAL CASE NO. 75 OF 2011

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  HKSAR  
  v  
  SO Man-ho  

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Before:

The Honourable Mrs Justice V Bokhary

Date:

6 May 2011 at 9.54 am

Present:

Ms Christal Chan, SPP, of the Department of Justice, for HKSAR
Mr Cheung Yiu-leung, instructed by Messrs Ip, Kwan & Co. (assigned by DLA), for the Accused

Offence:

(1) Possession of a dangerous drug (管有危險藥物)
(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: So Man-ho, I have taken into account everything urged on your behalf. On Charge 1, which is of simple possession of 13.51 grammes of a powder containing 9.89 grammes of ketamine, I adopt a starting point of 12 months’ imprisonment. On Count 2, which is of unlawful trafficking of 548.49 grammes of a powder containing 419.68 grammes of ketamine, I adopt a starting point of 10 years’ imprisonment.

The only real mitigation available to you consists of your pleas of guilty and your co-operation with the police. Giving you a one-third discount for those pleas on each charge, I pass on you sentences of 8 months’ imprisonment on Charge 1 and 6 years and 8 months’ imprisonment on Charge 2. I order that those terms of imprisonment be served concurrently with each other, so your total sentence is 6 years and 8 months’ imprisonment.