HKSAR v. Law Man Sau, Leo

Case No.HCCC 311/2011
Court
High Court CFI
Date23 Nov 2011
Judge
Case Document
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HCCC311/2011

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

CRIMINAL CASE NO. 311 OF 2011

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  HKSAR  
  v.  
  Law Man-sau, Leo  

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Before: The Honourable Mrs Justice V Bokhary
Date: 23 November 2011 at 9.51 am
Present: Mr Peter Power, SADPP, of the Department of Justice, for HKSAR
  Mr Jonathan Kwan, instructed by Messrs Chan & Tsu (assigned by DLA), 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: Law Man-sau, Leo, you stand convicted of one charge of trafficking in a dangerous drug.

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

The quantity of drugs involved is 0.34 kilogramme of a solid containing 0.27 kilogramme of cocaine.

For that quantity of drugs I adopt a starting point of 13 years’ imprisonment.

I have taken into account everything urged in mitigation on your behalf. I have also read all the letters that have been handed to the court.

In all the circumstances I am prepared to give you a slightly larger than one-third discount in this case reducing the starting point to one of 8½ years’ imprisonment.

You are therefore sentenced to 8½ years’ imprisonment.