HKSAR v. Tsang Chung Tai

Read the full judgment text of DCCC 596/2011 on BabelCite. This District Court judgment was delivered on 3 August 2011.

1. The defendant pleaded guilty to one count of possession of a dangerous drug and one account of assaulting a police officer.

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Case No.DCCC 596/2011
Court
District Court
Date03 Aug 2011
Judge
Case Document
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DCCC 596/2011

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

CRIMINAL CASE NO. 596 OF 2011

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  HKSAR  
  v.  
  Tsang Chung-tai  

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Before: Deputy District Judge Anthony Yuen
Date: 3 August 2011 at 9.45 am, at Kwun Tong Magistrates’ Courts
Present: Miss Lisa Go, PP of the Department of Justice, for HKSAR
  Mr Dennis K H Ting, of Messrs Tse Yuen Ting Wong, for the Defendant
Offence: (1) Possessing of a dangerous drug (管有危險藥物)
  (2) Assaulting a police officer (襲擊執行職責的警務人員)

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Reasons for Sentence

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1.The defendant pleaded guilty to one count of possession of a dangerous drug and one account of assaulting a police officer.

2.Facts revealed that on 26 March this year at around 3.23 am, you were stopped and searched by the police and it was found in your possession a plastic bag, containing 2.55 grammes of powder and containing 1.89 grammes of ketamine.  During the arrest, you assaulted a police officer who suffered from superficial injuries as a result.  You were subsequently subdued by both police officers.

3.The court asked for a DATC report before sentencing.  The report confirmed, amongst other things, that you were no longer a drug dependent. 

4.In sentencing you, I will take into account your plea of guilty, the mitigation put forward by your counsel and also the totality principle. 

5.For each charge, I will take six months’ starting point because of your plea, I reduce it to four months and the sentence is to run concurrently to each other; meaning the total sentence being four months. 

(Anthony Yuen)
Deputy District Judge
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