2nd August 1960
Jersey court sentences sailor to be lashed
When teenager Terence Robinson pleaded guilty to taking a car without permission, Jersey magistrate Major Ralph Voisin sentenced him to twelve lashes with the birch cane at Jersey Prison. Robinson, who lived in Kent, had arrived in Jersey aboard a tanker called Allegrity, so was merely a visitor to the island when the offence took place. It was exacerbated by the fact that, within sight of the spot from which he’d stolen the car, he crashed it into a parked vehicle.
Two years later, on 17 August 1962, another mainland teenager – Clive Foreman – was sentenced to a dozen lashes after snatching a handbag from a local woman in St Helier the previous month.
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Other events that occured in August
Four men are arrested after French government accusation
- Four men were brought from Jersey to Southampton to answer charges of assassination and vandalism in France.
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ITV broadcasts final episode of Island at War
- Island at War was a tale of life in the occupied Channel Islands. Taking inspiration from real-life events, it was set on a fictional island.
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Artist Edmund Blampied dies
- Artist Edmund Blampied is remembered for designing a subversive banknote for use in Jersey during the occupation.
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St Helier burned by a huge fire
- Dense clouds of smoke billowed above Fort Regent when commercial buildings caught fire in St Helier in August 1891.
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