1986 - 40 years ago - August - Part 2
August 18-24
THREE of the States Police Officers suspended from duty since earlier in the year are arrested. CID head Det. Chief Insp. Charles Quinn, P. Insp. Barry Blenkinsop and Det. Sgt. Brian Follain are taken into custody and charged with conspiring to pervert the course of justice in the case of a man convicted of robbing a betting shop. All three plead not guilty when they appear in the Police Court.
Jersey's largest bakery, Le Brun's Ltd., is fined £800 for selling goods containing glass and metal and is warned that a further offence will result in Royal Court proceedings.
Public Works abandon their plan for a gyratory traffic system at Beaumont, a scheme which was first proposed as long ago as 1969. The decision to re-think the plan follows a packed St Peter Parish Hall meeting and the presentation of a 1,777-signature petition.
A 49-year-old fisherman drowns when he falls into St Helier Harbour from the New North Quay. The dead man is named as Mr Richard McMullen, a Scot who lived at Cheapside.
The States are asked to spend £100,000 to raise the height of the Port Control tower at St Helier Harbour pierhead. The alteration would provide a view in a direction now blocked by development at La Collette.
A Finnish company drops plans to run charter flights to Jersey next season because there are not enough beds available in the Island's large hotels.
The latest figures confirm that tourism is suffering a bad season. In July hotels did eight per cent less business than they did in the corresponding period in 1985.
August 25-31
August 18-24
THREE of the States Police Officers suspended from duty since earlier in the year are arrested. CID head Det. Chief Insp. Charles Quinn, P. Insp. Barry Blenkinsop and Det. Sgt. Brian Follain are taken into custody and charged with conspiring to pervert the course of justice in the case of a man convicted of robbing a betting shop. All three plead not guilty when they appear in the Police Court.
Jersey's largest bakery, Le Brun's Ltd., is fined £800 for selling goods containing glass and metal and is warned that a further offence will result in Royal Court proceedings.
Public Works abandon their plan for a gyratory traffic system at Beaumont, a scheme which was first proposed as long ago as 1969. The decision to re-think the plan follows a packed St Peter Parish Hall meeting and the presentation of a 1,777-signature petition.
A 49-year-old fisherman drowns when he falls into St Helier Harbour from the New North Quay. The dead man is named as Mr Richard McMullen, a Scot who lived at Cheapside.
The States are asked to spend £100,000 to raise the height of the Port Control tower at St Helier Harbour pierhead. The alteration would provide a view in a direction now blocked by development at La Collette.
A Finnish company drops plans to run charter flights to Jersey next season because there are not enough beds available in the Island's large hotels.
The latest figures confirm that tourism is suffering a bad season. In July hotels did eight per cent less business than they did in the corresponding period in 1985.
August 25-31
THE tail end of Hurricane Charlie sends one of the Battle of Flowers arches crashing down on Victoria Avenue only minutes after the police decide to close the road. The storm also disrupts car ferry services and blows away tents belonging to Scouts camping at St Ouen.
States and parish manual workers accept a pay offer of 6.8 per cent, but the decision is made after a ballot records 596 in favour of the award and 534 against.
Tourism's "Floral Year" competition, de-signed to make the Island a brighter and more colourful place, is judged so successful that it is to become an annual event.
Deputy Tony Perkins resigns from the States after the Royal Court dismisses his appeal against conviction on a charge of committing an act of gross indecency at the Weighbridge toilets.
States and parish manual workers accept a pay offer of 6.8 per cent, but the decision is made after a ballot records 596 in favour of the award and 534 against.
Tourism's "Floral Year" competition, de-signed to make the Island a brighter and more colourful place, is judged so successful that it is to become an annual event.
Deputy Tony Perkins resigns from the States after the Royal Court dismisses his appeal against conviction on a charge of committing an act of gross indecency at the Weighbridge toilets.
Jambo, Jersey Zoo's male silverback gorilla, becomes a national hero when he peacefully and patiently guards a five-year-old boy who falls into his enclosure. The boy, Levan Merritt, receives head and arm injuries in the fall, but responds well to treatment after being flown to Southampton General Hospital.
Two young windsurfers, Julian Barber and Justin Horton, both aged 17, sail into the arms of the law when they cross to France on their boards. They intend only to rest on the beach, but are arrested for landing without passports.
Mr John McLaughlin is released on bail, having served 22 months of a three-year sentence for robbery. It is alleged that police officers conspired to pervert the course of justice before the hearing at which Mr McLaughlin was convicted.
Two young windsurfers, Julian Barber and Justin Horton, both aged 17, sail into the arms of the law when they cross to France on their boards. They intend only to rest on the beach, but are arrested for landing without passports.
Mr John McLaughlin is released on bail, having served 22 months of a three-year sentence for robbery. It is alleged that police officers conspired to pervert the course of justice before the hearing at which Mr McLaughlin was convicted.
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