11 Dec 2013
HKSAR v. HO SIU LOI
- Citation
- HKSAR v. HO SIU LOI
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC362/2012
Enhancement of a starting point for sentencing based on prior trafficking convictions is permissible but must be proportionate; for 5.4g methamphetamine the appropriate tariff starting point is 5 years, a 6 month enhancement was sufficient to reflect culpability from prior trafficking convictions, and after applying a one third reduction for guilty plea and a further 6 month reduction for self-consumption the substituted sentence of 3 years and 2 months' imprisonment was appropriate.