1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (280+ words) A MAN who called in sick for community service – but was spotted by a probation officer walking around town – has been found in breach of his order but avoided prison. Victor Emmanuel De Brito Pinto (32) had already served 50 out of…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (186+ words) A SEX attacker who targeted lone women in the early hours of the morning has been jailed for nine years and recommended for deportation. Abdelkarim Arfaoui (27) was convicted in July and sentenced yesterday for one count of attempted rape, five…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (190+ words) GOVERNMENT officials have been rebuked for telling States Members not to comment publicly on the Haut du Mont criminal trial. The Bailiff Robert MacRae said an email sent by the government’s communications team was “inappropriate” and “perhaps high-handed”, despite being…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (473+ words) AN extended panel of 16 jurors has been selected for what is expected to be a two-month trial of three former gas workers accused of manslaughter over the Haut du Mont explosion which killed ten people. Neil Armstrong, Lee Ward and…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (428+ words) A FRAUDSTER who funnelled hundreds of thousands of pounds through Jersey banks in an effort to hide his crimes and fought against his extradition to the Island has been jailed. Martin Hill (58) had issued false VAT receipts while he ran…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (647+ words) A MAN who tried to import up to £45,500 of cocaine and heroin hidden in Nescafé sachets has been jailed for six years and eight months. Paul Duffy (43) was caught after Customs officers intercepted the parcel and carried out a covert…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (286+ words) A SHOPLIFTER who stole more than £500 worth of clothes from two St Helier shops and sold some of them on Facebook has been placed on probation. David Charles Parkes was also ordered to complete an additional 20 hours of community service…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (269+ words) PEOPLE representing themselves in court could soon receive additional help through a newly launched “McKenzie friend-style” service. Support for Court aims to help Islanders navigate the legal system, understand terminology and complete forms without paying a lawyer several hundred pounds…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (410+ words) A MAN who accused a domestic-abuse charity of having a “hatred of men” after becoming “frustrated” with its support of his former partner has been banned from contacting staff for two years. Jordan Darius Robertson, 32, was also placed on probation…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (562+ words) A PENSIONER who brandished an “enormous” knife while telling three Portuguese women that they “are not from here” and “have no rights” has been jailed. Armed police were called to arrest Bernard McDonough (70) at his neighbour’s barbecue and he was…...