AG -v- Cox [2013] JRC 066 (05 April 2013)
Given the defendant's extensive criminal record, high risk of reoffending, and unwillingness to undertake community service, concurrent custodial sentences of 21 months on each count are warranted.
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- Citation
- [2013] JRC 066
- Parties
- Prosecution: Attorney General; Defendant: Unnamed Defendant
- Jurisdiction
- Jersey
- Judgment Date
- 05 April 2013
- Procedural Posture
- Criminal / Sentencing
- Outcome
- convicted and sentenced
- Legal Topics
- Burglary, Theft, Sentencing, Recidivism
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Parties
Attorney General
Prosecution
Unnamed Defendant
Defendant
Procedural Posture
Criminal / Sentencing
Legal Issues
- 1 appropriate sentence for repeat burglary and theft
- 2 consideration of defendant's criminal history and risk of reoffending
Ratio Decidendi
Given the defendant's extensive criminal record, high risk of reoffending, and unwillingness to undertake community service, concurrent custodial sentences of 21 months on each count are warranted.
Court Disposition
convicted and sentenced
Orders
- 21 months' imprisonment on each count, to run concurrently
Full Case Text
Judgment text and source record
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JUDGMENT THE DEPUTY BAILIFF: 1. Some 7 weeks after your release from prison where you had served a sentence of 3 years' imprisonment for various offences, including illegal entry, you entered commercial premises illegally. You stole a Vaio computer, valued at approximately £1,500. About 1 week later you broke into the same premises and stole the keyboard and mouse that went with that computer. The first entry was an opportunist one, the door being ajar. 2. You have made early admissions and you have pleaded guilty. You have told the probation officer that you are not willing to perform a Community Service Order even if the Court were minded to impose one, and I can confirm to you that we were not. You are assessed as being at high risk of committing further offences. At the age of 26 you have 126 convictions for various offences including 36 offences of dishonesty. 3. Your counsel has said absolutely everything that could be said on your behalf. You must realise the Courts will not stand by and allow your criminal conduct to go unpunished. The sentences imposed are only likely to increase in the future if you continue offending. It is your life and it is your choice. No-one else can make these choices but you; you are right that there is no-one to blame for this offending. You can change if you want to but you must want to do so. 4. We are going to grant the conclusions of the Crown. We urge you to take advantage of the courses which are available to you in prison. You are sentenced to 21 months' imprisonment on each count, concurrent. Authorities Whelan on Aspects of Sentencing in the Superior Courts of Jersey. AG-v-Gaffney 1995/101. AG-v-Cox [2011] JRC 087 . Page Last Updated: 16 Sep 2016 BAILII: Copyright Policy | Disclaimers | Privacy Policy | Feedback | Donate to BAILII