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2002/56
ROYAL COURT
(Samedi Division)
8th March, 2002
|
Before: |
Sir Philip Bailhache, Bailiff, and Jurats Tibbo and Le Breton. |
The Attorney General
-v-
George Johnstone Callum
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1 count of: |
Possession of a controlled drug contrary to Article 6(1) of the Misuse of Drugs (Jersey) Law 1978: Count 1: ecstasy |
Plea: Guilty.
Conclusions:
18 months' probation order with 240 hours community service.
Sentence and Observations of Court:
2 years' probation order with 180 hours community service.
P. Matthews, Esq., Crown Advocate.
Advocate P.D. James for the Defendant.
JUDGMENT
THE BAILIFF:
1. Callum, I am sure you realise that you have come very close to a prison sentence which would have caused severe disruption, or possibly worse, to what is a promising career. We have read all the papers. We have read your letter to us and we are prepared in all the circumstances to accept the conclusions of the Crown Advocate and to order you to perform community service as a punishment for the offence which you have admitted. We hope that you will, indeed, keep away from drugs in the future as you have undertaken to do in your letter to the Court and that you will make something of your life in the career that you have chosen for yourself.
2. We are going to place you on probation for a period of 2 years. We are going to order you to perform 180 hours of community service, which is the equivalent of 12 months' imprisonment, and we will give you permission to perform that community service in Scotland should you leave the jurisdiction and go to live and work there.
3. We want to make it clear to you that if you do go to Scotland you are still under an obligation to perform the community service and to comply with the directions of the probation service because if you do not a report will be made to the Court here and you will be liable to be brought back and dealt with again for this offence. Do you understand that? Very well, we impose that order and you are now free to leave the Court. We order the forfeiture and destruction of the drugs.
Authorities
A.G. -v- Langley 15th October, 1999) Jersey Unreported.
A.G. -v- Le Moellic (15th February, 2002) Jersey Unreported; [2002/42]