A SERIAL criminal has been jailed for throwing drugs, alcohol and vapes into the prison and spitting at two emergency service workers.
Daniel James Vibert (35) swore at court officers as he was jailed for 22 months by the Royal Court.
An investigation was launched when, on 6 September 2025, a prison officer found two packages in what is known as the ‘sterile area’ of La Moye prison – between the internal and external fences.
Both packages were wrapped with adhesive tape – one in black electrical tape and the other in grey duct tape. One was found to contain two small plastic bottles of 37% alcohol, five vapes, one vape refill and a USB cable.
The other contained a set of weighing scales, a bag of herbal cannabis, two pouches of tobacco and a metal socket.
A review of CCTV in the area showed a man walking alone near the prison, while a forensic examination of the packages found fingerprints and palm marks which led to Vibert being identified.
He was arrested at his home address on 29 September and taken into custody.
After his arrest, Vibert initially told police he regularly walked his dogs in the area, despite the CCTV footage showing no dogs.
Crown Advocate Lauren Taylor, prosecuting, said: “Towards the end of the interview, when officers asked if the defendant had anything to add, he stated that he knew who was responsible for conveying the goods into the prison.
“He referred to the individual being with him in his work van and stated that his fingerprints may be on the packages because the person responsible was in his van. He was asking to provide the name of the individual to which he responded ‘I’m not going to f***ing chuck anyone’s name in it’.
“The defendant did not provide an explanation as to why his fingerprints were found on one of the packages.”
He initially denied the charges, but later changed his pleas to guilty on three counts of conveying items into prison.
Vibert was also sentenced for one count of threatening or abusive behaviour, one count of being concerned in the production of a controlled drug, one count of possession of a controlled drug, one count of assault and one count of malicious damage relating to a separate incident.
On 30 June 2026, at around 2.04am, the fire service attended Vibert’s flat in response to a fire alarm.
When asked to evacuate the property to enable the crews to assess the fire, Vibert attempted to close the door on them.
After leaving the flat and waiting on the street, Vibert began hurling abuse and threatened to burn the Crew Commander’s house down with his children inside.
He was arrested one hour later for disorderly behaviour and taken into custody, where officers found six blister packets of cannabis, 60 diazepam tablets and a mobile phone concealed in his trousers.
While detained in custody the same day, he spat at an officer.
The court heard that the officer said they were “shocked and disgusted” by Vibert’s actions and worried about the risk of disease.
Advocate Christopher Baglin, defending, argued that Vibert’s drug use has lead to his reoffending.
“He really wants to address these matters. His issues relating to reoffending have never been addressed through therapy”, he said.
Advocate Baglin added that Vibert has “improved” during his time in custody and “wants to engage” in treatment and therapy.
He recommended that Vibert be handed a 12-month probation order.
Delivering the court’s sentence, Lieutenant Bailiff Anthony Olsen, presiding, said that there was “no doubt” that a custodial sentence was warranted.
“Anybody who conveys drugs into prison should expect to go straight to prison”, he said.
Mr Olsen added that emergency services are “entitled to be treated with dignity and respect” and that spitting is an “odeous” form of assault.
“You have a dreadful criminal record. We are mindful of the fact that you evidently had a bad start in life, to say the least. You are 35 now, Mr Vibert, it is time for you to grow up and leave that all behind”, said the Lieutenant Bailiff.”You present a serious risk of reoffending. We find ourselves quite unable to impose a non-custodial sentence”, said the Lieutenant Bailiff.
Vibert was jailed for a total of 22 months and ordered to pay £1600 towards the prosecution costs.
Jurats Dulake and Berry were sitting.
