The Royal Court heard that Beau Samuel Le Coguiec failed to comply with the conditions of the community service order he was handed in July 2017.
Le Coguiec was initially sentenced for three counts of importation of 50 tablets of MDMA, worth up to £1,250, as well as small amounts of cannabis and cannabis resin, which had all ben sent to his home address. He narrowly avoided prison on the basis that he was still young and of good character and was given community service instead.
Handing down the sentence, Royal Court Commissioner, Julian Clyde-Smith said: “Now you are clear that you are going to cooperate with the Probation Department. You appreciate that with that number of hours of community service it will take over two years to complete, nearly every weekend you are going to have to turn up and do the hours necessary.
“You have to turn up when requested.You have got to conduct yourself properly otherwise if you do not you will be brought back here and you will go to prison almost certainly.”
Crown Advocate Matthew Maletroit told the Court on Friday that Le Coguiec had a “perfect record” and “accepted supervision being offered to him” at first, but in May of this year, the Attorney-General felt his “compliance was not acceptable” and Le Coguiec “demonstrated no motivation to complete the outstanding balance”.
Defending him, Advocate James Turnbull said Le Coguiec was at “rock bottom” because his relationship with his girlfriend had broken down, being described as “the most stable relationship he’s every had since he was a teenager.”
He added that Le Coguiec, “now feels in a better place,” and “…wants to put things right.”
Deputy Bailiff Tim Le Cocq repeated Royal Court Commissioner Clyde-Smith’s words from the first sentencing, adding: “You have to turn up when requested and you’ve got to conduct yourself. You were given very many warnings indeed.
“In our view, that was the final warning.”
Le Coguiec was handed a 12-month prison sentence and the community service order was revoked.
