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HCCC316/2011
IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
CRIMINAL CASE NO. 316 OF 2011
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HKSAR |
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Tsang Koon-lap (曾觀立) |
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The Honourable Mrs Justice V Bokhary
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19 October 2011 at 9.57 am
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Ms Winnie Lam, SPP of the Department of Justice, for HKSAR
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Mr Martyn Richmond, instructed by Messrs Chan, Wong & Lam (assigned by DLA), for the Accused
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| Offence:
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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: Tsang Koon-lap, you stand convicted of one charge of trafficking in a dangerous drug. You have pleaded guilty at the Magistrates’ Court and you have been committed to the High Court for sentence.
The quantity of drugs involved is 1.47 kilogrammes of a powder containing 1.13 kilogrammes of ketamine. These drugs were imported into Hong Kong from across the border, and therefore call for enhancement.
Your counsel has asked me to select a starting point of 15 years and 8 months’ imprisonment including enhancement. All things considered, I consider that to be appropriate, and I do adopt that starting point of 15 years and 8 months’ imprisonment.
I have taken into account everything urged in mitigation on your behalf. There is really no other real mitigation apart from your early plea of guilty, for which I shall give you the full discount asked for by your counsel, thereby reducing the starting point to one of 10 years and 5 months’ imprisonment.
You are therefore sentenced to 10 years and 5 months’ imprisonment.
Please refer to CACC464/2011 for the relevant appeal(s) to the Court of Appeal. |