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AN independent taskforce has been launched to tackle violence against women and girls in Jersey. To help shape a strategy to target the crime, Islanders are being asked to share their views and experiences in three different ways: an online survey; a testimony submission and an online safety heatmap. The survey invites all Islanders to […]

THE number of Islanders prosecuted for cannabis possession has significantly declined over the past five years, according to data released by the government. Twenty-three Islanders have been sanctioned for possession of the Class B drug this year (up to 28 September), compared with 66 in the whole of 2021 and 113 in 2017. The punishments […]

THE government is ‘dragging its heels’ over the implementation of landmark domestic-abuse legislation, according to a backbench politician. Constable Karen Shenton-Stone – who succeeded in amending the Government Plan in 2021 to secure funding for a task force on issues of sexual and domestic violence – said she was ‘hugely disappointed and dismayed’ at what […]

QUESTIONS are due to be asked in the States today about whether the government will review the criminal justice process for rape investigations – after it was revealed that there were no convictions in 2021 and 2022. Deputy Catherine Curtis has submitted a written question to Home Affairs Minister Helen Miles, as those supporting sexual […]

LESS than a week after winning an overwhelming mandate to become Jersey’s next Chief Minister, Deputy Kristina Moore was successful in having her chosen team of candidates endorsed to form the Council of Ministers. Deputy Moore’s slate of 11 candidates for ministerial roles were all successful in being voted into office, with just one being […]

EARLY-INTERVENTION work with children and families is needed to tackle a ‘perfect storm’ of stresses which could increase the number of domestic-abuse cases, the Home Affairs Minister has said. Deputy Helen Miles said that ensuring recently introduced legislation – which formally recognised domestic abuse as a specific crime and also made controlling and coercive behaviour […]

THE lack of a young offenders’ unit in Jersey has been criticised after a child was kept ‘in de facto solitary confinement’ at La Moye Prison. In the Youth Court yesterday, the teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was sentenced for a string of violent offences, which had taken place at the Island’s […]

THERE could be up to seven new States members taking up ministerial positions next week after the Chief Minister-designate announced her preferred candidates to sit on the Council of Ministers. Deputy Kristina Moore has also selected four members from the previous government to work in roles beside her. However, those spots are not guaranteed and […]

JERSEY’S police chief says the force has a focus on ‘succession planning’ – despite the next deputy chief officer being appointed from the UK. Robin Smith said the majority of senior roles were currently held by ‘officers born, or raised, in Jersey’. Home Affairs Minister Helen Miles is seeking to appoint Scott Hall to the […]