AG -v- Cleaver [2016] JRC 080 (08 April 2016)

AG -v- Cleaver [2016] JRC 080 (08 April 2016)

The defendant's role in removing proceeds of drug trafficking from the Island is a serious offence warranting a custodial equivalent sentence, but due to significant mitigation, a community service order and probation are imposed instead of immediate imprisonment.

Citation
[2016] JRC 080
Parties
Prosecution: Crown
Jurisdiction
Jersey
Judgment Date
08 April 2016
Procedural Posture
Criminal / Sentencing
Outcome
convicted and sentenced
Legal Topics
Money Laundering, Drug Trafficking, Sentencing
Criminal Law Money Laundering Drug Trafficking Sentencing

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Parties

Crown

Prosecution

Procedural Posture

Criminal / Sentencing

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Appropriate sentence for laundering proceeds of drug trafficking
  2. 2 Relationship between amount laundered and sentence length
  3. 3 Mitigating factors in sentencing for money laundering

Ratio Decidendi

The defendant's role in removing proceeds of drug trafficking from the Island is a serious offence warranting a custodial equivalent sentence, but due to significant mitigation, a community service order and probation are imposed instead of immediate imprisonment.

Court Disposition

convicted and sentenced

Orders

  • 180 hours' community service order (total, concurrent on all counts)
  • 1 year probation order (concurrent on all counts, to be monitored in Liverpool)