HKSAR v. Cheung Man Yiu

Case No.HCCC 479/2012
Court
High Court CFI
Date02 Oct 2013
Judge
Case Document
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HCCC 479/2012

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

CRIMINAL CASE NO 479 OF 2012

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  HKSAR  
  v  
  Cheung Man-yiu  

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Before: The Honourable Mrs Justice V Bokhary
Date: 2 October 2013 at 9.45 am
Present: Mr Andrew Cheng, SPP, of the Department of Justice, for HKSAR
  Mr Luk King-wang, 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: Cheung Man‑yiu, you stand convicted on your own plea of guilty, to one count of trafficking in a dangerous drug. I have taken into account everything urged on your behalf. The quantity of drugs involved is 1.50 kilogrammes of a mixture containing 1.18 kilogrammes of ketamine.

All things considered and in dealing with you as leniently as I can, I adopt a starting point at the lowest end of the tariff of 14 years’ imprisonment. Having taken into account everything urged in mitigation on your behalf including your plea of guilty, I shall give you the full one-third discount, thereby reducing the starting point to one of 9 years and 4 months.

You are therefore sentenced to 9 years and 4 months’ imprisonment.