HKSAR v. Ali Raza
Read the full judgment text of DCCC 255/2014 on BabelCite. This District Court judgment was delivered on 16 June 2014.
1. The defendant is convicted after trial of a charge of trafficking in a dangerous drug.
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DCCC 255/2014 IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION CRIMINAL ACTION NO 255 OF 2014 ---------------------
-------------------------------------- REASONS FOR SENTENCE -------------------------------------- 1.The defendant is convicted after trial of a charge of trafficking in a dangerous drug. 2.According to the sentencing guidelines laid down in Attorney General v Pedro Nel Rojas[1] and R v Lau Tak Ming & Others,[2] trafficking in 10 to 50 grammes of cocaine would attract a sentence of 5 to 8 years imprisonment. In the present case, the defendant trafficked in 30.33 grammes of cocaine. Based on the quantity of the dangerous drug, I adopt 6½ years imprisonment as the starting point. 3.The defendant is aged 25 years. He is a torture claimant from Pakistan. However, he has since married to a local citizen and his status as a dependant spouse is being processed. He has a clear record. Mr Polson realistically accepts that there is little to be said on behalf of the defendant by way of mitigation. As such, I see no reason not to follow the tariff. 4.The defendant is sentenced to 6½ years imprisonment.
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