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HCCC 440/2013
IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
CRIMINAL CASE NO 440 OF 2013
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HKSAR |
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AU YEUNG Chi-fai |
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| Before: |
The Honourable Mrs Justice V Bokhary |
| Date: |
29 January 2014 at 9.49 am |
| Present: |
Mr Bobby Cheung, SPP of the Department of Justice, for HKSAR |
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Mr Bernard Yuen, instructed by Messrs CMK Lawyers (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 urged on your behalf. You stand convicted on your own pleas of guilty of two charges of trafficking in dangerous drugs.
The drugs involve in Count 1 are 12.77 grammes of a powder containing 10.30 grammes of ketamine. The drugs involved in Count 2 are 0.19 kilogramme of a powder containing 0.15 kilogramme of ketamine.
In my view, the appropriate starting point would be in the region of 4 years’ imprisonment for the drugs under Count 1, and 7 years and 3 months’ imprisonment under Count 2.
Having taken into account everything urged on your behalf, particularly your pleas of guilty and your cooperation with the police, I think that a discount reducing the sentence to one of 2 years and 8 months under Count 1, and 4 years and 10 months under Count 2, to be appropriate.
In all the circumstances, and bearing in mind the total amount of drugs involved and the principle of totality, I consider an overall sentence of 5 years to be appropriate.
To achieve that overall sentence, I sentence you to 2 years and 8 months under Count 1, and 4 years and 10 months under Count 2, and I order that 2 years and 4 months under Count 2 to be served consecutively with the sentence of 2 years and 8 months under Count 1.
You will, therefore, go to prison for a total of 5 years.
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