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Criminal law [2026] JRC 022

Da SIlva v AG (Royal Court : Hearing

Da SIlva v AG (Royal Court : Hearing (Criminal) : Binnington) [2026] JRC 022 (21 January 2026)

The Royal Court set aside and then reimposed a 10-month sentence for grave and criminal assault, holding the Magistrate had wrongly treated sentencing policy as binding.

  • Sentencing policy
  • Grave and criminal assault
  • Appeal against sentence
  • Custodial vs non-custodial sanctions
  • Criminal-sentencing
  • Appeal-against-sentence
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Criminal law [2025] JRC 263

AG v Reid (Royal Court : Hearing

AG v Reid (Royal Court : Hearing (Criminal) : Le Cocq) [2025] JRC 263 (17 October 2025)

The Royal Court sentenced the defendant to 18 months for grave and criminal assault involving non-fatal strangulation of a vulnerable partner in a domestic setting.

  • Grave and criminal assault
  • Domestic violence
  • Non-fatal strangulation
  • Sentencing
  • Self-defence
  • Grave-and-criminal-assault
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Criminal law

Gavin Neil Roberts v The Attorney General

The Court of Appeal refused an out-of-time conviction appeal and dismissed a sentence appeal in a case involving rape, assault and voyeurism.

  • Rape
  • Sexual penetration without consent
  • Common assault
  • Grave and criminal assault
  • Voyeurism
  • Domestic violence
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Criminal law [2025] JRC 181

AG v Shotbolt (Royal Court : Hearing

AG v Shotbolt (Royal Court : Hearing (Criminal) : Bailhache, W) [2025] JRC 181 (8 July 2025)

The Royal Court of Jersey sentenced the defendant to three years for breaking and entering and grave assault, accepted Newton hearing findings, and imposed a five-year restraining order.

  • Breaking and entering
  • Grave and criminal assault
  • Newton hearing
  • Sentencing
  • Domestic abuse protection order
  • Restraining order
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Criminal law [2025] JCA 140

Page v AG (Court of Appeal : Appeal

Page v AG (Court of Appeal : Appeal (Criminal) : Bailhache, W, Furness, McMahon) [2025] JCA 140 (23 May 2025)

The Court of Appeal allowed a sentence appeal for grave and criminal assault, reducing a 4½-year term to 4 years after finding the sentencing basis had included an error.

  • Sentencing
  • Domestic violence
  • Grave and criminal assault
  • Appeal procedure
  • Domestic-violence
  • Grave-and-criminal-assault
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Criminal law [2025] JRC 117

AG v Pawlowicz (Royal Court : Hearing

AG v Pawlowicz (Royal Court : Hearing (Criminal) : Le Cocq) [2025] JRC 117 (5 May 2025)

The Royal Court sentenced the defendant to 12 months for grave and criminal assault involving a knife in a domestic setting, and made a 5-year domestic abuse prevention order.

  • Grave and criminal assault
  • Domestic abuse protection order
  • Knife crime
  • Sentencing
  • Deportation
  • Domestic-violence
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Criminal law [2024] JRC 169

AG v Watton-Roberts

AG v Watton-Roberts [2024] JRC 169 (06 August 2024)

The Royal Court sentenced William Watton-Roberts for a brutal domestic assault, possession of cannabis, receiving stolen property, and contempt for recording and sharing court proceedings.

  • Grave and criminal assault
  • Domestic violence
  • Drugs offences
  • Receiving stolen property
  • Contempt of court
  • Sentencing
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Criminal law

The Attorney General v Robert Adrian Canavan

The Royal Court sentenced Robert Adrian Canavan to 7 years for grave and criminal assault and concurrent 2 years for possessing knives, after a Newton hearing.

  • Sentencing
  • Grave and criminal assault
  • Possession of offensive weapon
  • Newton hearing
  • Knife crime
  • Grave-and-criminal-assault
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Criminal law [2023] JRC 219

AG v King

AG v King [2023] JRC 219 (15 November 2023)

Sentencing for grave and criminal assault and malicious damage arising from a drunken knife attack, with a consecutive sentence and a 5-year restraining order.

  • Grave and criminal assault
  • Malicious damage
  • Sentencing
  • Use of weapon
  • Restraining order
  • Grave-and-criminal-assault
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Criminal law [2023] JRC 221

AG v Mazurke

AG v Mazurke [2023] JRC 221 (15 November 2023)

The Royal Court ordered a mixed indictment trial before the Inferior Number, finding the domestic abuse charges were more serious and the case should proceed efficiently.

  • Mode of trial
  • Domestic abuse
  • Grave and criminal assault
  • Customary law offences
  • Statutory offences
  • Mode-of-trial
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