AG v Jordan [2019] JRC 081 (06 May 2019)

AG v Jordan [2019] JRC 081 (06 May 2019)

The court determined that, applying the totality principle and considering the seriousness of the offences, aggravating and mitigating factors, and relevant case law, a total sentence of seven years' imprisonment was appropriate. The court made the sentences for indecent images and perverting the course of justice concurrent with each other and with the sentences for indecent assaults, which were consecutive to each other. The court imposed a ten-year period before the defendant could apply to have notification requirements lifted under the Sex Offenders (Jersey) Law 2010 and granted restraining orders for ten years.

Citation
[2019] JRC 081
Parties
Defendant: The Defendant; Prosecution: The Crown
Jurisdiction
Jersey
Judgment Date
06 May 2019
Procedural Posture
Criminal / Sentencing Judgment
Outcome
convicted and sentenced
Legal Topics
Sentencing, Sexual Offences, Indecent Assault, Making Indecent Photographs of Children, Attempting to Pervert the Course of Justice, Sex Offenders Register, Restraining Orders
Criminal Law Sentencing Sexual Offences Indecent Assault Making Indecent Photographs of Children Attempting to Pervert the Course of Justice Sex Offenders Register Restraining Orders

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Parties

The Defendant

Defendant

The Crown

Prosecution

Procedural Posture

Criminal / Sentencing Judgment

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Appropriate sentencing for making indecent photographs of children
  2. 2 Appropriate sentencing for indecent assault involving forced oral sex
  3. 3 Appropriate sentencing for attempting to pervert the course of justice

Ratio Decidendi

The court determined that, applying the totality principle and considering the seriousness of the offences, aggravating and mitigating factors, and relevant case law, a total sentence of seven years' imprisonment was appropriate. The court made the sentences for indecent images and perverting the course of justice concurrent with each other and with the sentences for indecent assaults, which were consecutive to each other. The court imposed a ten-year period before the defendant could apply to have notification requirements lifted under the Sex Offenders (Jersey) Law 2010 and granted restraining orders for ten years.

Court Disposition

convicted and sentenced

Orders

  • Seven years' imprisonment imposed as total sentence, with sentences for indecent images and perverting the course of justice concurrent with each other and with the sentences for indecent assaults, which are consecutive to each other.
  • Ten-year period before defendant may apply to have notification requirements lifted under the Sex Offenders (Jersey) Law 2010.