8 Aug 2025
The judge did not err: the combined approach to cocktail drugs was properly applied using ketamine as the base and enhancing for cocaine; the two offences were separate occasions with different facts so a partly consecutive sentence was justified; the totality principle and guilty plea discount were correctly applied; accordingly leave to appeal against sentence was refused.
6 Jun 2008
Ketamine and ecstasy are both prevalent psychotropic drugs, particularly among under-21s, and both have demonstrable potential for psychological dependence and significant harms; therefore the Court should adopt unified and higher sentencing guidelines for trafficking in ketamine and ecstasy than those in Lee Tak-kwan, expressed in specific tariff bands; the court issued new unified tariff bands, held the guidelines apply prospectively only, allowed the review application to the extent of issuing guidelines but made no alteration to Hii's sentence under section 81B CPO, dismissed Wong's convi…
7 Jul 2004
The Court adopted the combined approach, treated Ice as the more serious drug, set a starting point of 14 years (11 years for Ice adjusted upward by 3 years for significant Ketamine and increased potency), applied a one-third guilty plea discount and a one-year discount for genuine mistaken belief, and substituted sentences of 8 years 4 months imprisonment for each applicant.