Entries tagged 'crime'

The following 34 entries have been tagged using the term crime. Click the titles to read the full entry in each instance.

A mainland murder with a Guernsey connection
William and Maglona wanted their ashes to be scattered from a Guernsey-bound aircraft.

Murder suspects steal visitor’s boat from St Peter Port
The brothers who took the boat were later convicted of armed robbery and shooting a water engineer in the head.

Guernsey abolishes the death penalty for murder
Guernsey deputies voted in favour of abolishing hanging one year before the UK.

Guernsey bigamist got married for the second time
A Guernsey bigamist got married for the second time – and would stand trial for it three years later.

A French fisherman is arrested and escorted to St Peter Port
French boats had been fishing within the six-mile exclusion zone surrounding the Channel Islands.

Guernsey’s first female murderer goes on trial
Gertrude Elizabeth de la Mere was accused of the murder of her employer, Aldred Brouard.

Alderney arrest sparks a “riot”
Alderney police station was pelted with stones after officers arrested a suspected drink-driver.

Guernsey’s island-wide police force is established
Guernsey's island-wide police force took over from a system of local parish constables.

Guernsey’s entire police force is arrested
Every police officer on the island was arrested in an inquiry into theft

Guernsey’s last duel
Major William Byng was shot and killed after challenging James Taylor to a duel in Cambridge Park.

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