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Criminal law [2021] HKCA 1789

HKSAR v. A

The Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal against a 14-year drug-trafficking sentence, holding that verified paid informer assistance did not justify further reduction.

  • Drug trafficking
  • Pre-arrest assistance
  • Paid informers
  • Mitigation
  • Starting point/tariff
  • Role of informers
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Criminal law [2019] HKCA 1239

HKSAR v L

The Court of Appeal refused leave to appeal against sentence, holding that the 3-month reduction for pre-arrest assistance was within an acceptable range.

  • Pre-arrest assistance
  • Sentencing discount
  • Guilty plea
  • Trafficking cocaine
  • Use of informers
  • Sentencing
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Criminal law [2019] HKCA 456

HKSAR v. Y

The Court of Appeal granted leave to appeal out of time but dismissed the sentence appeal, holding that the paid informer’s pre-arrest tipoffs did not justify a further discount.

  • Trafficking in dangerous drugs
  • Pre-arrest assistance
  • Sentence discount
  • Cross-border trafficking
  • Informer payments
  • Drug-trafficking
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Criminal law Z v. HKSAR

Z v. HKSAR

The Court of Final Appeal held that pre-arrest assistance can be considered in sentencing mitigation and reduced the appellant’s sentence from five and a half years to five years.

  • Pre-arrest assistance
  • Mitigation of sentence
  • Use of informers
  • Sentencing discounts
  • Pre-arrest-assistance
  • Mitigation-of-sentence
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