HKSAR v. Lam Chong Fai

Case No.HCCC 214/2012
Court
High Court CFI
Date03 Aug 2012
Judge
Case Document
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HCCC214/2012

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

CRIMINAL CASE NO. 214 OF 2012

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  HKSAR  
  v  
  Lam Chong-fai  

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Before: The Honourable Mrs Justice V Bokhary
Date: 3 August 2012 at 9.50 am
Present: Mr Franco Kuan, SPP of the Department of Justice, for HKSAR
  Ms Daley Mak Hing-fun, Angel, instructed by the Legal Aid Department, 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: Lam Chong-fai, you stand convicted of one charge of trafficking in a dangerous drug. You have pleaded guilty at the Magistrates’ Court and have been committed to the High Court for sentence.

The quantity of drugs involved are 107.06 grammes of powder containing 67.55 grammes of cocaine.

I have taken into account everything urged in mitigation on your behalf. There is really no other real mitigation apart from your early plea of guilty, for which I shall give you a full one-third discount.

All things considered, I adopt a starting point of 8½ years’ imprisonment. Giving you the full one-third discount, that will reduce your starting point to one of 5 years and 8 months.

You are therefore sentenced to 5 years and 8 months’ imprisonment.