A MAN who stabbed an off-duty firefighter with a penknife in a disagreement over a woman has been spared a jail sentence.

A FORMER school caretaker who stole £17,300 from the illiterate and vulnerable uncle he had looked after for 20 years has been spared jail.

A YOUNG lawyer who hit a man over the head with a wine bottle narrowly avoided prison in the Royal Court on Friday.

A LANDLORD who let rooms to unqualified tenants has been fined £7,500.

A MAN accused of dealing cannabis has been spared jail by the Royal Court.

A FRAUDSTER who swindled a parish out of thousands of pounds of welfare payments to fund his gambling and drink addiction has been given another chance by the Royal Court.

A FATHER alleged to have launched an internet hate campaign against a Jersey headmistress, accusing her of child abuse, has been banned from setting foot on any part of her school's grounds.

A PRISONER who masterminded a plot from his La Moye cell to steal the buried loot of a fellow inmate and drug smuggler has been jailed by the Royal Court.

A DRUNKEN man who committed an unprovoked assault on a 71-year-old man which fractured his cheekbone was jailed in the Royal Court yesterday for a year.

A MAN charged with sex offences involving children appeared before the Royal Court yesterday to hear that most of the charges had been dropped by the prosecution.