HKSAR v. Chow Tai Hing

Case No.HCCC 48/2012
Court
High Court CFI
Date02 May 2012
Judge
Case Document
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HCCC48/2012

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

CRIMINAL CASE NO. 48 OF 2012

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  HKSAR  
  v  
  Chow Tai-hing  
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Before: The Honourable Mrs Justice V Bokhary
Date: 2 May 2012, at 9.52 am
Present: Mr Chiu wai-ting, SPP, of the Department of Justice, for HKSAR
Mr Michael Delaney, instructed by Messrs Tang Tso & Lau (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: Chow Tai-hing, 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 this court for sentence.

I have taken into account everything urged in mitigation on your behalf.

The quantity involved in this case is 231.89 grammes of a crystalline solid containing 215.45 grammes of methamphetamine hydrochloride.

All things considered, I adopt a starting point of 13 years, enhance it by six months, making a total of 13½ years’ imprisonment.

Having taken into account everything that has been urged on your behalf, including your cooperation with the police, I shall give you the full one-third discount thereby reducing the sentence to one of 9 years’ imprisonment.

You will therefore go to prison for 9 years.