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A man found guilty of attempted murder after stabbing a fellow pubgoer following a row in a St. Helier bar is asking for more time to appeal his conviction.
Paul Anthony Hadikin was sentenced to 17 years in prison in December, having been found guilty by a jury at the end of a four-day trial last July.
The 59-year-old left the Temple bar in Stopford Road on 3 December 2021 after getting into an argument – but he returned around 15 minutes later armed with a large kitchen knife and stabbed the victim in the stomach.
On Monday morning, Hadikin appeared before the Court of Appeal. The period in which he can appeal his conviction has elapsed, but Hadikin is seeking more time.
Representing himself before Court of Appeal President George Bompas KC, and judges Helen Mountfield KC and James Wolffe KC, Hadikin argued that he had filed his papers in time but had been waiting for replies from lawyers.
Pictured: Hadikin was found guilty by a jury at the end of a four-day trial last July.
The prison was also in lockdown because of covid, he added, which had delayed the process.
“I put the appeal in in the right time but lawyers contacted me out of time – it wasn’t my fault,” he said.
The premise of Hadikin’s appeal is that while he admits to stabbing the victim, he did not intend to kill him.
He also argues that he should have been allowed to plead guilty to committing a grave and criminal assault at the time of the trial, but he was advised against this by his lawyer.
The Court of Appeal will give its judgment on Hadikin’s renewed application for more time to appeal his conviction – a request previously turned down by the Deputy Bailiff – by Tuesday morning.
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