Guernsey Judgment 12/2008 - G C Pirito v Law Officers of the Crown

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Assault - Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2006 - possession of offensive weapon - matter transferred from the Court of Alderney to the Royal Court - appeal against sentence - appropriateness of immediate imprisonment where a knife or other similar bladed instrument is involved - consecutive sentences and the totality principle - no real alternative but to plead guilty to the knife offence - therefore appropriate to allow no discount for that plea - due discount had been allowed on the charge of assault, allowing for plea of guilty and mitigation - appeal dismissed