HKSAR v. Cheung Kam Hung

Case No.HCCC 212/2012

Court

High Court CFI

Date31 Jul 2012

Judge—

Case Document

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HCCC212/2012

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

CRIMINAL CASE NO. 212 OF 2012

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	HKSAR
	v
	Cheung Kam-hung

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Before:

The Honourable Mrs Justice V Bokhary

Date:

31 July 2012 at 9.48 am

Present:	Ms Winnie Lam, SPP of the Department of Justice, for HKSAR
	Mr Pang Leung-ting, Norton, instructed by the Legal Aid Department, for the Accused

Offence:

Trafficking in dangerous drugs (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, you have pleaded guilty to one charge of trafficking in dangerous drugs at the Magistrates’ Court and you have been committed to this court today for sentence.

The drugs involved in this case are 12.94 grammes of a powder containing 11.22 grammes of ketamine, and 16.77 grammes of a crystalline solid containing 16.71 grammes of methamphetamine hydrochloride.

As to the appropriate approach to sentencing on a count of trafficking in “Ice” and ketamine, I will follow the approach indicated by the Court of Appeal in the case of Wong Kin Kau decided on 4 May in 2010. In following that approach, I will do so in the context of everything urged on your behalf.

Having taken into account everything urged in mitigation on your behalf, and all things considered, I adopt a starting point of 7½ years’ imprisonment. You have pleaded guilty, and I shall give you the full one-third discount.

You are therefore sentenced to 5 years’ imprisonment.