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HCCC123/2012
IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
CRIMINAL CASE NO. 123 OF 2012
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HKSAR |
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Manzanares Zegarra De Vargas Norma |
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| Before: |
The Honourable Mrs Justice V Bokhary |
| Date: |
8 June 2012 at 9.55 am |
| Present: |
Ms Lilly Wong, PP of the Department of Justice, for HKSAR |
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Ms Wong Kam-kuen, Catherine, instructed by Messrs Hoosenally & Neo (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: Accused, I have taken into account everything that has been urged on your behalf.
You stand convicted of one charge of trafficking in a dangerous drug. The quantity of drugs involved is 2 kilogrammes of a powder containing 1.62 kilogrammes of cocaine.
These drugs have been imported into Hong Kong from abroad, which calls for enhancement.
All things considered, I adopt a starting point of 23½ years and enhance it by 2 years, making a total of 25½ years.
Having taken into account everything that has been urged in mitigation on your behalf, including your plea of guilty, I reduce the sentence from that starting point to one of 17 years.
You are therefore sentenced to 17 years’ imprisonment.
Please refer to CACC238/2012 for the relevant appeal(s) to the Court of Appeal. |