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Criminal law [2025] JRC 333

AG v Du Maurier (Royal Court : Hearing

AG v Du Maurier (Royal Court : Hearing (Criminal) : Bailhache, W) [2025] JRC 333 (8 December 2025)

The Royal Court of Jersey held that evidence of coercive and controlling behaviour was admissible as relevant evidence, not bad character evidence, in a perverting the course of justice case.

  • Bad character evidence
  • Admissibility of evidence
  • Perverting the course of justice
  • Coercive and controlling behaviour
  • Bad-character-evidence
  • Admissibility-of-evidence
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Criminal law [2025] JRC 322

AG v Quinn (Royal Court : Hearing

AG v Quinn (Royal Court : Hearing (Criminal) : Binnington) [2025] JRC 322 (2 December 2025)

Pre-trial criminal ruling admitting bad character evidence under Article 82F and allowing expert evidence on force used in an alleged prison assault.

  • Bad character evidence
  • Expert evidence
  • Self-defence
  • Propensity
  • Admissibility of evidence
  • Bad-character-evidence
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Criminal law [2025] JRC 212

AG v Glas (Royal Court : Hearing

AG v Glas (Royal Court : Hearing (Criminal) : MacRae) [2025] JRC 212 (31 July 2025)

The Royal Court refused a late defence application to adduce non-defendant bad character evidence about the complainant in a criminal trial.

  • Bad character evidence
  • Admissibility of evidence
  • Non-defendant bad character
  • Credibility of witnesses
  • Bad-character-evidence
  • Criminal-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 [2025] JCA 091

Page v AG (Court of Appeal : Appeal

Page v AG (Court of Appeal : Appeal (Criminal)) [2025] JCA 091 (2 April 2025)

The Court of Appeal refused leave to appeal conviction and sentence, and refused fresh evidence, in a criminal assault appeal brought by Andrew Scott Page.

  • Appeal against conviction
  • Admission of fresh evidence
  • Bad character evidence
  • Indictment amendment
  • Expert medical evidence
  • Alternative charges
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Criminal law [2025] JRC 079

AG v Downey and Skinner (Royal Court : Sentencing

AG v Downey and Skinner (Royal Court : Sentencing (Criminal)) [2025] JRC 079 (24 March 2025)

The Royal Court partly granted the Crown’s bad character application, admitting most prior violence evidence against Downey and Skinner but excluding Skinner’s under-15 convictions.

  • Bad character evidence
  • Admissibility of prior convictions
  • Propensity
  • Self-defence
  • Bad-character-evidence
  • Prior-convictions
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Criminal law [2025] JRC 021

AG v Anthony (Royal Court : Hearing

AG v Anthony (Royal Court : Hearing (Criminal)) [2025] JRC 021 (21 January 2025)

The Royal Court of Jersey admitted a 999 call and initial body-cam statements as res gestae, but excluded later police-account evidence and bad character evidence.

  • Hearsay
  • Res gestae
  • Bad character evidence
  • Propensity
  • Fair trial
  • Res-gestae
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Criminal law [2025] JRC 007

AG v Lis

AG v Lis [2025] JRC 007 (08 January 2025)

A Jersey pre-trial ruling excluded evidence about 175 non-indecent images of children in swimwear, finding their probative value slight and their admission unfair.

  • Admissibility of evidence
  • Bad character evidence
  • Sexual offences
  • Indecent images of children
  • Admissibility-of-evidence
  • Bad-character-evidence
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Criminal law [2024] JRC 189

AG v Burnett

AG v Burnett [2024] JRC 189 (17 September 2024)

The court admitted limited evidence of prior arrests and cautions to correct a false impression created by the defendant about unfamiliarity with police custody.

  • Bad character evidence
  • False impression
  • Jury directions
  • Sexual offences
  • Bad-character-evidence
  • False-impression
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