HKSAR v. Florez Mosquera Cristian Leonardo

Case No.HCCC 369/2013
Court
High Court CFI
Date23 Oct 2013
Judge
Case Document
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HCCC 369/2013

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

CRIMINAL CASE NO 369 OF 2013

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  HKSAR  
  v  
  Florez Mosquera Cristian Leonardo  

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Before: The Honourable Mrs Justice V Bokhary
Date: 23 October 2013 at 9.56 am
Present: Miss Lilly Wong, SPP of the Department of Justice, for HKSAR
  Mr Andrew Bullett, instructed by Messrs Chung & Kwan (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 taken into account everything said in mitigation on your behalf. 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 is 1.95 kilogrammes of a solid containing 1.39 kilogrammes of cocaine. These drugs were imported into Hong Kong and therefore calls for enhancement. All things considered, I adopt a starting point at the lowest end of the scale, namely 23 years, enhance it by 2 years, making a total of 25 years. I have taken into account everything urged on your behalf, including your plea of guilty and your co-operation with the police, for which I shall give you the full one-third discount, thereby reducing the starting point to one of 16 years and 8 months’ imprisonment. You are therefore sentenced to 16 years and 8 months’ imprisonment for this offence.

You are currently serving a sentence of 4 months’ imprisonment for an offence of assault occasioning actual bodily harm committed during your remand for this case. Having considered all the circumstances, I am persuaded that I should order the two sentences to run concurrently with each other. Therefore, the sentence which I pass upon you today will run concurrently with the sentence of 4 months for the offence of assault occasioning actual bodily harm which you are currently serving.