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Criminal law [2025] JCA 093

AG v Tremarco (Court of Appeal : Appeal

AG v Tremarco (Court of Appeal : Appeal (Criminal)) [2025] JCA 093 (4 April 2025)

The Jersey Court of Appeal allowed the Attorney General’s sentence reference, finding a community service order for repeated domestic violence and strangulation was unduly lenient.

  • Domestic violence
  • Sentencing
  • Appeal against sentence
  • Unduly lenient sentence
  • Community service order
  • Custodial sentence
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Criminal law

The Attorney General v Marcin Skalimowski

Sentencing for assault and possession of an offensive weapon. The court imposed 1 year and 3 months’ imprisonment, an exclusion order, and no deportation recommendation.

  • Assault
  • Possession of offensive weapon
  • Community service breach
  • Exclusion order
  • Deportation recommendation
  • Custodial sentence
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Criminal law

Uddin v The Attorney General

Appeal against a six-month custodial sentence for spitting at a police officer was dismissed. The Royal Court held the Magistrate had ample information and the sentence was not excessive.

  • Assault on police officer
  • Spitting assault
  • Mitigation
  • Custodial sentence
  • Guilty plea
  • Sentencing-appeal
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Criminal law [2020] JRC 053B

AG v McMahon

AG v McMahon [2020] JRC 053B (27 March 2020)

The Jersey Royal Court refused bail in a serious homicide matter, noting a custodial sentence was inevitable and that custody offered safer conditions for the applicant.

  • Bail
  • Custodial sentence
  • Public safety
  • Custodial-sentencing
  • Public-safety
  • Criminal-law
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Criminal law

The Attorney General v Nathan Stanton Monks

Sentencing for grave and criminal assault, the Royal Court imposed 9 months’ imprisonment after a guilty plea, with minor injuries and prior convictions noted.

  • Grave and criminal assault
  • Guilty plea
  • Previous convictions
  • Custodial sentence
  • Grave-and-criminal-assault
  • Sentencing
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Criminal law [2016] JRC 119

AG -v- Botting

AG -v- Botting [2016] JRC 119 (12 July 2016)

The court found breach of a community service order under Jersey law and imposed the original custodial sentence, giving credit for hours completed.

  • Breach of community service order
  • Sentencing
  • Custodial sentence
  • Community-service-order-breach
  • Criminal-sentencing
  • Custodial-sentence
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Criminal law [2009] JRC 249

AG -v- Godel and Others

AG -v- Godel and Others [2009] JRC 249 (23 December 2009)

The Royal Court reviewed a refusal of bail and held the Assistant Magistrate had misdirected herself on the risk of re-offending, so bail was reinstated.

  • Bail
  • Custodial sentence
  • Misdirection
  • Re-offending
  • Criminal-procedure
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Criminal law [2009] JRC 036

AG -v- Passman

AG -v- Passman [2009] JRC 036 (27 February 2009)

A 19-year-old defendant received concurrent youth detention sentences after assaulting police officers, with the court finding a non-custodial sentence unjustified.

  • Assault on police officer
  • Sentencing of young offenders
  • Probation
  • Community service
  • Custodial sentence
  • Assault-on-police-officer
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Criminal law [2009] JRC 020

AG -v- Donkin

AG -v- Donkin [2009] JRC 020 (06 February 2009)

Sentencing for a serious assault causing jaw fractures and permanent hearing loss. The court imposed 18 months' imprisonment despite strong mitigation.

  • Assault
  • Sentencing
  • Mitigation
  • Custodial sentence
  • Assault-sentencing
  • Criminal-sentencing
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Criminal law [2001] JRC 143

AG v Matson

AG v Matson [2001] JRC 143 (06 July 2001)

A young offender who offended while on probation received concurrent youth detention terms after the court found custody unavoidable because non-custodial measures had failed.

  • Sentencing
  • Probation breach
  • Custodial sentence
  • Youth detention
  • Probation-breach
  • Custodial-sentence
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