AG v Bree [2001] JRC 185 (17 August 2001)

JUDGMENT THE DEPUTY BAILIFF: 1. On 22 nd September you appeared before this Court to be sentenced on a total of 13 counts, including receiving a stolen clock worth £3,500, six counts of aiding, abetting in obtaining goods to an aggregate value of £1,330; one count of larceny of a DVD player; another count of larceny of some credit cards and two further counts of obtaining goods by false pretences, worth £85.

2. On that occasion you were given a chance. The Court placed you on probation with an order for community service and you were warned what might happen if you breached the order. You have ignored this chance; you have committed further offences; you have failed to report to your Probation Officer as directed; and you failed to carry out the community service in a timely manner.

3. We have considered the Criminal Justice (Young Offenders) (Jersey) Law, 1994 but we are quite satisfied that there is no alternative to a custodial sentence because of your failure to respond to the chance you were given last September. However, we note that you have spent the equivalent of 10 months 18 days on remand before you were placed on probation, and we think that some allowance must be made for this in order to ensure that the overall sentence is fair. We therefore propose to make a reduction in the conclusions. The sentence of the Court is one of 15 months' youth detention, concurrent, on all the counts for which you were placed on probation. We must remind you that you may be subject to supervision when you are released and we discharge the probation order. Authorities AG-v-Lopes and Bree (22 nd September, 2000) Jersey Unreported: [2000/187]. Page Last Updated: 17 Jun 2016 BAILII: Copyright Policy | Disclaimers | Privacy Policy | Feedback | Donate to BAILII