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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 [2025] JRC 332

AG v Vieira (Royal Court : Hearing

AG v Vieira (Royal Court : Hearing (Criminal) : MacRae) [2025] JRC 332 (16 December 2025)

Sentencing decision for a care assistant who assaulted a vulnerable elderly resident with dementia, resulting in a six-month custodial sentence.

  • Assault
  • Elder abuse
  • Sentencing
  • Breach of trust
  • Elder-abuse
  • Breach-of-trust
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Criminal law [2025] JRC 264

AG v Ritchie (Royal Court : Hearing

AG v Ritchie (Royal Court : Hearing (Criminal) : Le Cocq) [2025] JRC 264 (17 October 2025)

Sentencing judgment for violent and abusive offences, including assault, resisting arrest, and failure to provide breath, resulting in community service and probation.

  • Assault
  • Resisting arrest
  • Threatening and abusive conduct
  • Failure to provide specimen
  • Racially aggravated offences
  • Sentencing
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Criminal law [2025] JRC 225

Agostini v AG (Royal Court : Hearing

Agostini v AG (Royal Court : Hearing (Criminal) : Le Cocq) [2025] JRC 225 (16 September 2025)

The Royal Court dismissed Ian Agostini’s appeal against a six-month prison sentence for assaulting a doctor in hospital, finding no error in principle or excessiveness.

  • Assault
  • Sentencing
  • Appeals
  • Custodial sentences
  • Sentencing guidelines
  • Sentence-appeals
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Criminal law [2025] JRC 081

AG v Roberts (Royal Court : Sentencing

AG v Roberts (Royal Court : Sentencing (Criminal)) [2025] JRC 081 (24 March 2025)

The Royal Court of Jersey set sentencing principles for adult rape and related sexual offences, rejecting rigid reliance on English guidelines and imposing 15 years' imprisonment.

  • Sentencing
  • Sexual offences
  • Rape
  • Assault
  • Voyeurism
  • Judicial guidelines
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Criminal law [2025] JRC 074

AG v Downey and Skinner (Royal Court : Hearing

AG v Downey and Skinner (Royal Court : Hearing (Criminal)) [2025] JRC 074 (18 March 2025)

After a jury convicted both defendants of common assault, the Royal Court determined the factual basis for sentencing under Article 50 and held they were jointly responsible from the pub doorway onward.

  • Assault
  • Joint enterprise
  • Self-defence
  • Sentencing
  • Article 50 procedure
  • Criminal-assault
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Criminal law [2025] JCA 026

Pearce v AG (Court of Appeal : Appeal

Pearce v AG (Court of Appeal : Appeal (Criminal)) [2025] JCA 026 (22 January 2025)

The Court of Appeal dismissed David Pearce’s criminal appeal, rejecting grounds based on juror bias, character evidence, fresh expert evidence, and late-disclosed evidence.

  • Rape
  • Assault
  • Jury bias
  • Character evidence
  • Disclosure
  • Admission of evidence
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Criminal law [2025] JRC 002

AG v Le Claire

AG v Le Claire [2025] JRC 002 (03 January 2025)

The Jersey Royal Court sentenced Glen Rhys Le Claire to two years' imprisonment for six assaults, including on a paramedic and a police officer.

  • Assault
  • Sentencing
  • Violence against emergency workers
  • Domestic violence
  • Intoxication as aggravation
  • Violence-against-emergency-workers
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Criminal law [2024] JRC 286

AG v Benyoucef

AG v Benyoucef [2024] JRC 286 (17 December 2024)

Sentencing after a Newton hearing for drug supply, assaults and motoring offences, with concurrent and consecutive prison terms, driving disqualification, and forfeiture orders.

  • Drug offences
  • Assault
  • Motoring offences
  • Resisting arrest
  • Proceeds of crime
  • Drug-offences
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Criminal law [2024] JRC 220

AG v Gallichan

AG v Gallichan [2024] JRC 220 (17 October 2024)

The Royal Court of Jersey determined that a mixed indictment should be tried by the Inferior Number, applying Article 48 of the Criminal Procedure (Jersey) Law 2018.

  • Mode of trial
  • Domestic abuse
  • Assault
  • Malicious damage
  • Customary law offences
  • Statutory offences
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