HKSAR v. Wan Chun Wing
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HCCC 560/2013 IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE CRIMINAL CASE NO 560 OF 2013 -----------------
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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 a dangerous drug. The drugs involved in Charge 1 are 28.02 grammes of a solid containing 14.90 grammes of cocaine. The drugs involved in Charge 2 are 213.1 grammes of a solid containing 145.42 grammes of cocaine. In my view, the appropriate starting points would be in the region of five-and-a-half years’ imprisonment for the drugs under Charge 1, and 10-and-a-half years’ imprisonment under Charge 2. Having taken into account everything urged on your behalf, particularly your pleas of guilty, I think that a discount reducing the sentence to one of three years and eight months under Charge 1, and 7 years under Charge 2 to be appropriate. In all the circumstances, and bearing in mind the principle of totality, and the total amount of drugs involved, I consider an overall sentence of 7 years and 4 months to be appropriate. To achieve that overall sentence, I sentence you to three years and eight months imprisonment under Charge 1, and seven years’ imprisonment under Charge 2, and I order that three years and eight months out of the seven years’ imprisonment under Charge 2 be served consecutively with the three years and 8 months under Charge 1. You will, therefore, go to prison for a total of seven years and four months. |