HKSAR v. Lai Chi-kwong
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HCCC62/2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE CRIMINAL CASE NO. 62 OF 2012 -----------------
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--------------------------------- Transcript of the Audio Recording --------------------------------- COURT: I have taken into account everything that has been urged on your behalf. You stand convicted on your own pleas of guilty of two charges of trafficking in a dangerous drug. The drugs involved in Charge 1 are 177.31 grammes of a powder containing 45.33 grammes of ketamine. The drugs involved in Charge 2 are 256.34 grammes of a powder containing 109.61 grammes of ketamine. In my view, the appropriate starting point should be in the region of 5½ years’ imprisonment for the drugs under Charge 1, and 6½ years under Charge 2. Having considered everything urged in mitigation by your counsel on your behalf, particularly your early pleas of guilty, I shall give you the full one-third discount, thereby reducing the sentence to one of 3 years and 8 months under Charge 1 and 4 years and 4 months under Charge 2. In all the circumstances and bearing in mind the total amount of drugs involved and the principle of totality, I consider an overall sentence of 5 years to be appropriate. To achieve that overall I sentence you to 3 years and 8 months’ imprisonment under Charge 1, and 4 years and 4 months’ imprisonment under Charge 2, and I order that 1 year and 4 months out of the 4 years and 4 months under Charge 2 be served consecutively with the 3 years and 8 months under Charge 1. You will therefore go to prison for a total of 5 years. |