HKSAR v. Hang Ning-wai and Another

Case No.HCCC 59/2012
Court
High Court CFI
Date04 May 2012
Judge
Case Document
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HCCC59/2012

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

CRIMINAL CASE NO. 59 OF 2012

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  HKSAR  
  v  
  Hang Ning-wai (A1)  
  Tse Kwok-chun (A2)  

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Before: The Honourable Mrs Justice V Bokhary
Date: 4 May 2012 at 10.05 am
Present: Ms Grace Chan, SPP, of the Department of Justice, for HKSAR
  Ms Wong Lok-man Mandy, instructed by Katherine Y W Or & Co, for the 1st Accused
  Miss Wong Sze-wing Barbara, instructed by Messrs K B Chau & Co (assigned by DLA), for the 2nd Accused
Offence: (1) & (2) 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: Accused, both of you, I have taken into account everything that has been urged on your behalf by each of your counsel.

1st accused, you stand convicted on your own plea of guilty of the 1st charge of trafficking in a dangerous drug.  The drugs involved in your case are 95.59 grammes of a solid containing 83.89 grammes of cocaine.

2nd accused, the drugs involved in your case are 23.92 grammes of a solid containing 20.97 grammes of cocaine.

In my view the appropriate starting point in relation to the 1st charge against the 1st accused would be in the region of 9 years’ imprisonment; and the appropriate starting point in respect of the 2nd charge against the 2nd accused would be in the region of 5½ years’ imprisonment.

Having considered everything urged in mitigation on behalf of each of you, particularly your pleas of guilty and your cooperation with the police, I think that in respect of the 1st accused a discount reducing the sentence to one of 6 years’ imprisonment to be appropriate; and in the case of the 2nd accused, a discount reducing the sentence to one of 3 years and 8 months to be appropriate.

So the 1st accused, you are sentenced to 6 years’ imprisonment; and the 2nd accused you are sentenced to 3 years and 8 months’ imprisonment.