AG v Monet [2001] JRC 3A (05 January 2001)

JUDGMENT THE BAILIFF: 1. Monet was convicted by the unanimous verdict of the Jury of grave and criminal assault upon a fellow prisoner at the young offenders institution and of an attempt to pervert the course of justice in relation to that grave and criminal assault. These are very serious offences. The grave and criminal assault was, we have no doubt, another punishment beating where the defendant's aggression was taken out upon a fellow prisoner who had provoked him.

2. There is no doubt that a substantial prison sentence is deserved for all the reasons given by the Crown Advocate.

3. Monet, the Court, by a majority, is going to take an unusual course this afternoon, notwithstanding all the aggravating features of the case of which we think you are well aware. We are going to take that course because you have spent so much of your youth in detention; because you have problems controlling your aggression which you must address; and, most of all, because we have a strong recommendation from an experienced probation officer that, with the help of the Probation Service, you can make something of your life. You have the support of your family which is something else upon which you can build.

4. The Court must warn you that if you fail to take advantage of the offer which the Court is going to give you, you will be liable to be brought back before this Court and punished again for the offences of which you have been convicted. However, we want you to look forward and not backwards and we want you to make something of yourself.

5. We are going to place you on probation for a period of three years in respect of both the offences of which you have been convicted, subject to all the usual conditions and subject to the additional conditions that you will attend the SMART programme, the aggression control training group and the alcohol study group. Authorities . A. G. -v- Mallet (24 th May, 2000) Jersey Unreported. A. G. -v- Cabot (31 st March, 2000) Jersey Unreported. A. G -v- Monet (24 th January, 1997) Jersey Unreported. A. G -v- Lenton & Fellon (10 th July, 1992) Jersey Unreported. Archbold (2000 Ed'n): p.2262: para 28. Page Last Updated: 19 Aug 2015 BAILII: Copyright Policy | Disclaimers | Privacy Policy | Feedback | Donate to BAILII