HKSAR v. Chan Kwok Leung

Case No.HCCC 158/2011
Court
High Court CFI
Date13 Jul 2011
Judge
Case Document
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HCCC158/2011

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

CRIMINAL CASE NO. 158 OF 2011

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  HKSAR  
  v  
  Chan Kwok-leung  

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Before: The Honourable Mrs Justice V Bokhary
Date: 13 July 2011 at 9.53 am
Present: Mr Peter Power, SADPP of the Department of Justice, for HKSAR
Mr Michael Arthur, instructed by the Legal Aid Department, for the Accused
Offence: 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: Chan Kwok-leung, you stand convicted of one charge of trafficking in a dangerous drug.

You have pleaded guilty at the Magistrate’s Court and you have been committed to the High Court for sentence.

The quantity of drugs involved is 930.06 grammes of a powder containing 540 grammes of ketamine.

For that amount of dangerous drugs, I take a starting point of 11½ years’ imprisonment.

I have taken into account everything urged in mitigation on your behalf including your plea of guilty at an early stage and your cooperation with the police.

I shall give you a slightly more than one-third discount thereby reducing the starting point to one of 7½ years’ imprisonment.

You are therefore sentenced to 7½ years’ imprisonment.