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IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE
B HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION B
COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
CRIMINAL CASE NO. 161 OF 2009
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HKSAR
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Keita Mamady
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Before: Hon McMahon J
Date: 10 July 2009 at 9.47 am
H Present: Ms Rosaline Leung, SPP, of the Department of Justice, H
for HKSAR
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Ms Lynda M A Shine, instructed by Messrs I
Hoosenally & Neo, assigned by the Director of
Legal Aid, for the Accused
J Offence: Trafficking in a dangerous drug (販運危險藥物) J
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Transcript of the Audio Recording
of the Sentence in the above Case
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COURT: The defendant, a 37-year-old Guinean national, pleaded
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heroin before a magistrate at Kowloon City Magistracy and
was committed to this court for sentence, pursuant to the
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provisions of section 81B of the Magistrates Ordinance.
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defendant brought the drugs into Hong Kong on a flight from
Thailand. They were concealed inside his body. He was
P later arrested at Chungking Mansions in Kowloon. P
I take a starting point of sentence of 14 years’
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imprisonment. The only mitigation of substance available to
the defendant is his plea of guilty. His family
R circumstances are not such as to be taken into account so R
far as sentence is concerned.
S On that basis, the starting point of sentence is reduced to S
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