Jersey Unreported Judgments

2001/249

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ROYAL COURT

 

15^th December, 2000

 

Before:	Sir Philip Bailhache, Bailiff; and Jurats Le Ruez and Le Breton

 

Kelvin Peter MONET

-v-

Her Majesty's Attorney General.

 

IN THE MATTER OF

the application of Kelvin Peter MONET for leave to appeal against his conviction on 21^st November, 2000, at a Criminal Assize, following a not guilty plea entered before the Inferior Number of the Royal Court on 26^th May, 2000, to:

 

1 count of                grave and criminal assault (count 1);

1 count of                doing an act tending and intended to pervert the course of justice. (count 2).

 

Application under Article 35(2) of the Court of Appeal (Jersey) Law, 1961, for release on bail pending determination of the appeal.

 

 

Advocate R. Juste for the Appellant;

M.St.J O'Connell, Esq., Crown Advocate.

 

JUDGMENT.

 

THE BAILIFF:

 

1.            Only in unusual circumstances is an offender who has been convicted of a serious offence released on bail pending sentence.

 

2.            This applicant is due to be sentenced in not much more than three weeks time for the offence of grave and criminal assault, and a further offence of perverting the course of justice of which he was convicted by the unanimous verdict of the Jury.  We see no special reasons for granting bail, and the application is accordingly refused.

 

 

 

No Authorities.