AG v Ford [2004] JRC 001 (02 January 2004)

JUDGMENT THE BAILIFF: 1. I am not going to repeat everything the Court said to you on 3 rd October, last year. At that time you were given a chance to make a new start. You were warned that, if you did not behave yourself and that if you did go into licensed premises, you would very likely end up in prison. You showed disrespect, indeed contempt, for the order of the Court as within hours you were drunk on licensed premises, making a nuisance of yourself and in addition you were violent and aggressive with police officers who were only doing their job.

2. We have no option now but to sentence you to imprisonment. We have taken into account all the submissions made by your counsel. You are entitled to credit for your guilty pleas. We also take into account the time spent in custody on remand, and will give some allowance for the fact that the time spent on remand before the 3 rd October, will not count against the sentence which we are about to impose.

3. We also take account of all the other mitigation available to you and outlined by your counsel. Taking all those matters into account the sentence of the Court is as follows. So far as this indictment is concerned you will be sentenced on count 1 to 3 months' imprisonment, on count 2 to 3 months' imprisonment, concurrent, and on count 3 to 3 months' imprisonment concurrent, making a total of 3 months' imprisonment on the current indictment. So far as the indictment for which you were sentenced on the 3 rd October, 2003, is concerned you will be sentenced on count 1 to 3 months' imprisonment, on count 2 to 9 months' imprisonment and on count 3 to 9 months' imprisonment, all those sentences to run concurrently with each other but consecutively to the sentences on this indictment making a total of 12 months' imprisonment.

4. We also impose an exclusion order to date from today excluding you from licensed premises except those premises holding a 6 th category licence of 12 months. We appreciate, of course, that this order will have no practical effect if you do decide to leave the Island after you have served your sentence of imprisonment. While you remain in the Island, this will be in force and you must obey it, and if you do not, then obviously you will be at risk of further punishment.

5. We discharge the Probation Order and we discharge the exclusion order imposed on the 3 rd October, 2003. Authorities A. G. -v- Ford [2003]JRC171. Licensed Premises (Exclusion of Certain Persons) (Jersey) Law 1998. Page Last Updated: 29 Jun 2016 BAILII: Copyright Policy | Disclaimers | Privacy Policy | Feedback | Donate to BAILII