HKSAR v. Chan So Sum

Case No.HCCC 396/2012
Court
High Court CFI
Date03 Jan 2013
Judge
Case Document
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HCCC 396/2012

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

CRIMINAL CASE NO 396 OF 2012

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  HKSAR  
  v  
  Chan So-sum  
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Before: The Honourable Mrs Justice V Bokhary
Date: 3 January 2013 at 9.52 am
Present: Ms Grace Chan, SPP, of the Department of Justice, for HKSAR
  Mr Sky Cheng, instructed by Raymond Lam & Associates (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: The accused, I have considered everything urged in mitigation on your behalf.

The drugs involved in this case are 0.23 kilogramme of a powder containing 0.19 kilogramme of ketamine. For that quantity of drug I adopt a starting point of 7½ years. Having considered everything urged on behalf of you including all the letters produced in mitigation by your counsel, I am prepared to give you the full one-third discount for your guilty plea thereby reducing the sentence from one of 7½ years’ imprisonment to 5 years’ imprisonment.

You are therefore sentenced to 5 years’ imprisonment.