1986 - 40 years ago - October Part 2

1986 - 40 years ago - October Part 2

October 20-26

A 19-year-old girl, Miss Angela McReady, dies after she is the victim of an early morning hit-and-run accident in Don Road. A 36¬year-old man alleged to have been the driver of the car involved in the incident helps police with their inquiries.

Bail is strongly opposed by the police when Bruce Andrew Hanton (25), appears in the Police Court and reserves his plea to assaulting amateur boxer Mr Lyndon Marquer with a hammer.

The Longueville Manor Hotel is the only Jersey hotel mentioned in "The Good Hotel Guide 1987". The guide says that Longueville Manor is the most agreeable hotel in the Channel Islands "without too much competition".

The murder trial of Jose Nelio de Azevedo is postponed for a second time because there are insufficient jurors available.

Jersey's Medical Officer of Health, Dr Anthony Essex-Cater, says that AIDS has not yet made an appearance in the Island, although two carriers of the disease have been identified in Guernsey.

The manslaughter charge faced by Mary Jane Gourlay (20), who was accused in June of unlawfully killing her heroin addict boyfriend, is dropped. Gourlay, who remains in custody after a Royal Court appearance, admits administering a noxious substance so as to endanger life.

A performance of "Coriolanus" at the Arts Centre, in which one of the performers appears naked, is banned by the Bailiff, Mr Peter Crill.

Air UK cut single air fares to Southampton to as little as £19 in a bid to attract customers from British Channel Island Ferries.

27 October-2 November

A 19-year-old girl, Miss Angela McReady, of Glasgow, is killed in a 1 a.m. hit-and-run accident in Don Road. John William Scott (36), is later detained by the police and charged with failing to stop and report an accident.

Jersey's oil companies are slammed over their pricing policies in a States Committee of Inquiry report on fuel oil supply and distribution in the Island. The report calls for a cut in the price of petrol of at least 10p.

Police hunt a masked raider following a £500 post office robbery during which sub-postmistress Mrs Betty Morel is attacked with a kitchen knife.




Magistrate Mr Bob Day resigns over what he describes as the inefficiency of Police Court organisation.

Detectives question a young Jerseyman about a break-in with a difference ... it is alleged that he entered La Moye Prison to deliver cigarettes to a friend.

The States Police Association protests about pay talks with the Establishment Committee, saying that "negotiations haven't broken down; there haven't been any".

Taxi driver Mr Reg Hawkins receives the Police/Jersey Evening Post Outstanding Citizen award for his part in catching a drunken driver.

Island Development Committee president Senator John Le Sueur is accused of "misleading the States" in a debate on the rezoning of land for a new 18-hole golf course.