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The Attorney General v Donna Marie Bentley

The Royal Court sentenced Donna Marie Bentley for historic sexual offences against a child, imposing community service, a shorter notification period, a restraining order and costs.

  • Indecent-assault
  • Procuring-an-act-of-gross-indecency
  • Historic-sexual-offences
  • Community-service-order
  • Restraining-order
  • Sex-offenders-notification-requirements
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Criminal-law

The Attorney General v Alan Geoffrey Falle

The Royal Court sentenced a teacher for 12 counts of abuse of trust by sexual act against a 17-year-old pupil, imposing 3 years and 4 months’ imprisonment.

  • Sentencing
  • Sexual-offences
  • Abuse-of-trust
  • Teacher-pupil-relationship
  • Guilty-plea-discount
  • Concurrent-sentences
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Criminal-law

The Attorney General v Beverley Rose Colley

The Royal Court admitted only limited hearsay in a child-abuse prosecution, excluding most witness statements as overly broad, irrelevant, or unfairly prejudicial.

  • Hearsay-admissibility
  • Complaint-evidence
  • Previous-statements-of-witnesses
  • Exclusion-of-unfair-evidence
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Criminal-law

The Attorney General v Henryk Jerszy Juchniewicz

A Jersey court sentenced a doctor for three forgery counts involving 37 false prescriptions, imposing community service rather than custody because mitigation was exceptional.

  • Forgery
  • Breach-of-trust
  • Doctor-misconduct
  • Community-service-sentence
  • Costs-order
  • Sentencing
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Criminal-law

Jakob Mahoney v The Attorney General

The Royal Court refused Jakob Mahoney’s application to extend time to appeal his sentence and convictions, finding no realistic prospect of success.

  • Extension-of-time
  • Appeal-against-sentence
  • Appeal-against-conviction-after-guilty-plea
  • Guilty-plea
  • Assault
  • Drug-possession
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Criminal-law [2026] JRC 098

Mahoney v AG (Royal Court : Hearing

Mahoney v AG (Royal Court : Hearing (Criminal) : Temple) [2026] JRC 098 (16 April 2026)

The Royal Court refused an extension of time to appeal conviction and sentence, finding minimal merit in the proposed appeal and no exceptional grounds after guilty pleas.

  • Extension-of-time-to-appeal
  • Appeal-against-conviction
  • Appeal-against-sentence
  • Guilty-plea
  • Magistrate's-court-guidelines
  • Criminal-procedure
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Criminal-law

The Attorney General v Benjamin Mitton

Unopposed confiscation and compensation application granted after appeal. The court accepted exceptional circumstances for late listing and ordered ÂŁ210,438.63.

  • Confiscation
  • Compensation
  • Money-laundering
  • Larceny
  • Postponement-after-appeal
  • Exceptional-circumstances
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Criminal-law

The Attorney General v Findlay John Mackay

The Royal Court sentenced Findlay Mackay to 4 years and 4 months for importing 69 grams of cocaine, rejecting a low-purity reduction but granting substantial personal mitigation.

  • Importation-of-class-a-drugs
  • Sentencing-mitigation
  • Drug-purity
  • Courier-liability
  • Forfeiture
  • Drug-offences
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Criminal-law [2026] JRC 088

AG v De Caires (Royal Court : Hearing

AG v De Caires (Royal Court : Hearing (Criminal) : Temple) [2026] JRC 088 (31 March 2026)

The Royal Court of Jersey sentenced Daniel De Caires to 6 years and 9 months for drug trafficking and harassment, and imposed a 6-year restraining order.

  • Drug-offences
  • Harassment
  • Sentencing
  • Restraining-orders
  • Confiscation-orders
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Criminal-law [2026] JRC 068

AG v Ahier (Royal Court : Sentencing

AG v Ahier (Royal Court : Sentencing (Criminal) : MacRae) [2026] JRC 068 (27 February 2026)

The Royal Court of Jersey sentenced a defendant for seven counts of knowingly using forged £20 notes, imposing 15 months’ imprisonment and forfeiture of the notes.

  • Counterfeit-currency
  • Sentencing
  • Plea-of-guilty
  • Criminal-sentencing
  • Guilty-plea
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