If, as Crown Advocate has told us, the two complainants have left the Island in fear, we can quite understand that police investigations are continuing, and in our view, although the plea has been reserved, the facts of the assault are so serious - and particularly on one innocent Portuguese who happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time - that we can rely happily on the case of Makarios (1978) JJ 215 and in those circumstances we refuse bail.
Authorities
A.G -v- Skinner (24 June 1994) Jersey Unreported
A.G -v- Makarios (1978) JJ 215