HKSAR v. So Ka Min

Case No.HCCC 552/2013
Court
High Court CFI
Date16 May 2014
Judge
Case Document
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HCCC 552/2013

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

CRIMINAL CASE NO 552 OF 2013

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  HKSAR  
  V  
  SO Ka-min  
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Before: The Honourable Mrs Justice V Bokhary
Date: 16 May 2014 at 10.13 am
Present: Mr James Chandler, counsel-on-fiat, instructed by the Department of Justice, for HKSAR
  Mr Wong Hay-yiu, instructed by Messrs Tam, Pun & Yipp (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: Accused, I have taken into account everything that has been said on your behalf.

The quantity of drugs involved in this case is 1.16 kilogrammes of a solid containing 0.63 kilogramme of ketamine. For that quantity of drugs, I consider a starting point of 12 years to be appropriate.

Having taken into account everything that has been urged on your behalf, I am prepared to give you the full one-third discount, thereby reducing that starting point to one of 8 years’ imprisonment.

You are therefore sentenced to 8 years’ imprisonment.