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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 319

AG v Rouse (Royal Court : Sentencing

AG v Rouse (Royal Court : Sentencing (Criminal) : Olsen) [2025] JRC 319 (21 November 2025)

Sentencing judgment for perverting the course of justice and resisting arrest, where the court imposed community service, probation, and a treatment order.

  • Perverting the course of justice
  • Resisting arrest
  • Sentencing
  • Community service
  • Probation
  • Treatment order
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Criminal law [2025] JRC 249

AG v T (Royal Court : Sentencing

AG v T (Royal Court : Sentencing (Criminal) : Le Cocq) [2025] JRC 249 (6 October 2025)

The Royal Court sentenced T for domestic abuse and perverting the course of justice, imposing community service and a five-year Domestic Abuse Prevention Order.

  • Domestic abuse
  • Perverting the course of justice
  • Sentencing
  • Harassment
  • Domestic-abuse
  • Perverting-the-course-of-justice
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Criminal law

The Attorney General v T

The Royal Court sentenced T for domestic abuse and perverting the course of justice, treating the case as exceptional and imposing community service plus protective orders.

  • Sentencing
  • Harassment
  • Breach of bail conditions
  • Domestic abuse prevention order
  • Perverting the course of justice
  • Domestic-abuse
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Criminal law [2024] JRC 226

AG v Williams

AG v Williams [2024] JRC 226 (25 October 2024)

Sentencing for cocaine importation and perverting the course of justice. The defendant received 12 months and 9 months consecutive, with credit for time served.

  • Drug importation
  • Perverting the course of justice
  • Sentencing
  • Drug-importation
  • Perverting-the-course-of-justice
  • Criminal-law
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Criminal law [2023] JRC 238

M v AG

M v AG [2023] JRC 238 (30 November 2023)

The Royal Court allowed an appeal against a 7-month youth detention sentence, holding that the Magistrate proceeded on a mistaken factual basis and should have treated the appellant as willing to do community service.

  • Sentencing
  • Perverting the course of justice
  • Community service orders
  • Youth detention
  • Appeals procedure
  • Criminal-sentencing
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Criminal law [2020] JRC 108

AG v Goncalves

AG v Goncalves [2020] JRC 108 (05 June 2020)

Sentencing judgment for assault, disorderly conduct, and perverting the course of justice, with community service, probation, a restraining order, and no deportation.

  • Assault
  • Perverting the course of justice
  • Disorderly conduct
  • Harassment
  • Breach of bail
  • Restraining order
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Criminal law [2020] JRC 026

AG v Barnett

AG v Barnett [2020] JRC 026 (12 February 2020)

On a no case to answer submission, the court held that inviting another person to sign a confession, without pressure or inducement, did not prove perverting the course of justice.

  • Perverting the course of justice
  • Elements of criminal offences
  • No case to answer submission
  • Perverting-the-course-of-justice
  • No-case-to-answer
  • Criminal-procedure
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Criminal law [2016] 2 JLR 220

Att. Gen. v. Goodwin

Att. Gen. v. Goodwin [2016] 2 JLR 220 (15 September 2016)

Sentencing decision on attempting to pervert the course of justice by using falsified bank statements to conceal money laundering, with a 12-month concurrent term.

  • Perverting the course of justice
  • Money laundering
  • Sentencing
  • Criminal-law
  • Perverting-the-course-of-justice
  • Money-laundering
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