Former senator Stuart Syvret has appeared in both Jersey's Royal Court and Magistrate's Court.He's charged with two counts of breaking the data protection law and two road traffic offences.
Monday's abuse of process hearing was mainly concerned with the alleged breaches of the Data Protection Law. It follows the publication of a confidential police report by Stuart Syvret on his blog early last year. He claims he can't get a fair trial because evidence that he asked for was denied him by the court, but the court maintains that's because it's not relevant.
The only witness to have been called so far was the data protection commissioner, Emma Martins. She claims the matter is clear, in her view she's seen evidence that he was publishing, processing and disclosing personal data in contravention of Article 5 of the Data Protection Law.
The hearing will continue tomorrow (Tuesday). Depending on the outcome there'll then be two trials, one relating to the road traffic offences and another relating to the data protection charges.
Former senator appears in court