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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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The Attorney General v Shay John Edward Bester

The Royal Court refused most sexual-history questioning of a complainant under Article 43 and refused a defence application to discharge the jury and order a retrial.

  • Sexual history evidence
  • Leave to cross-examine complainant
  • Fair trial
  • Discharge of jury
  • Retrial application
  • Sexual-history-evidence
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Criminal law

The Attorney General v Michael John O’Brien

The Royal Court refused a defence application to use prior complaints and sexual history evidence, finding no reasonable basis to infer any earlier complaint was false.

  • Rape allegations
  • Bad character evidence
  • Sexual history evidence
  • Admissibility
  • Cross-examination
  • Complainant credibility
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Criminal law [2019] JRC 197

AG v De Freitas 4-Oct-2019

AG v De Freitas 4-Oct-2019 [2019] JRC 197 (04 October 2019)

Sentencing judgment for indecent messages, child sexual grooming, and drunk and disorderly conduct, with deportation recommended and sex offender orders imposed.

  • Sexual grooming
  • Indecent communications
  • Drunk and disorderly conduct
  • Deportation
  • Sex offender notification
  • Sentencing
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The Attorney General -v- P

The Royal Court’s Superior Number sentenced P to 12 years’ imprisonment for historical indecent assault, rape and sodomy against three siblings.

  • Indecent assault
  • Rape
  • Sodomy
  • Restraining order
  • Sex offenders notification requirements
  • Sentencing
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Criminal law [2018] JRC 011

AG -v- N

AG -v- N [2018] JRC 011 (16 January 2018)

The Royal Court of Jersey granted an adult applicant’s request to be removed from sex offender notification requirements, and ordered the hearing and judgment anonymised.

  • Sex offender notification requirements
  • Removal from register
  • Open justice
  • Autism and criminal responsibility
  • Sex-offender-notification
  • Removal-from-register
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Criminal law

The Attorney General v Duarte Nuno Araujo Drumont Correia

The Royal Court refused a defendant’s bid to use text messages to cross-examine a complainant about previous sexual history in an attempted rape case.

  • Admissibility of complainant's previous sexual history
  • Cross-examination on sexual history
  • Text message evidence
  • Consent
  • False allegation
  • Background evidence
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Criminal law [2015] JRC 022

AG -v- B

AG -v- B [2015] JRC 022 (30 January 2015)

The court sentenced an 18-year-old defendant to 18 months’ probation, finding custody unnecessary despite serious sexual and related offences.

  • Indecent images
  • Possession of drugs
  • Telecommunications offences
  • Incitement
  • Probation
  • Sex offender registration
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Criminal law [2014] JRC 226

H -v- AG

H -v- AG [2014] JRC 226 (18 November 2014)

The Jersey Royal Court discharged a sex offender notification requirement, finding the applicant’s risk of sexual harm did not justify continued reporting obligations.

  • Notification requirements
  • Risk assessment
  • Discharge from sex offender registry
  • Sex-offender-notification
  • Risk-assessment
  • Discharge-from-notification
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