Syvret hearing: Day Six

Tuesday was the sixth day of former Jersey senator Stuart Syvret's abuse of process hearing.

Mr Syvret spent the morning trying to convince the court that he should be allowed to submit the Napier report as evidence.

He said it is an example of a shocking, disgraceful enterprise steered by Jersey's Law Officers' Department who sought to oust the Chief of Police in the same way they now seek to discredit him.

Assistant Magistrate Bridget Shaw also read the report. She came to a different conclusion and said it would undermine his case as it found no evidence of a conspiracy. She said there is no connection between the matters contained in the Napier report and Mr Syvret's own case.

On Tuesday afternoon, Mr Syvret summed up that case. It took him three hours. During that time he said Assistant Magistrate Bridget Shaw's conduct during that case had been in contravention of Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights.

He also said he was denied effective legal aid and also that it was unfair that he'd have to take on Advocate Stephen Baker, one of the island's top criminal lawyers.

Syvret hearing: Day Six