A World Cup cricketer has been jailed for three years after following a woman and stealing her phone in an attempt to help pay off a \u00a31,000 loan.<\/p>\n
Papua New Guinea international Kipling Doriga pleaded guilty to one charge of robbery in the Royal Court yesterday.<\/p>\n
The court heard he had decided to pursue his victim after seeing her leaving a nightclub and putting a mobile phone in her handbag.<\/p>\n
The 30-year-old had been in Jersey to compete for his country in the International Cricket Council Challenge League, a global tournament which forms part of the qualification process for the 2027 Cricket World Cup.<\/p>\n
Having been held in custody since the incident on Monday 25 August, Doriga is now set to serve the remainder of his sentence at HMP La Moye before being deported.<\/p>\n
Crown Advocate Emma Hollywood, prosecuting,\u00a0explained that the victim had been walking home at around 2am after a night out, when she became aware that someone was following her. <\/p>\n
Her pursuer, later identified as Doriga, caught up with her in Hilary Street. She screamed at him to leave her alone and slapped him. <\/p>\n
Doriga responded by striking her twice, with the second blow knocking her to the ground, before grabbing her handbag and fleeing.<\/p>\n
Her bag was later found nearby without her mobile phone. <\/p>\n
Using a tracking app, the victim traced the device to the hotel where the Papua New Guinea team were staying. <\/p>\n
Police attended and arrested Doriga, who admitted he had been drunk and decided to steal the phone to sell it and put money towards a \u00a31,000 debt. <\/p>\n
He estimated he could have made around \u00a3400 from the sale.<\/p>\n
The court has a duty to ensure the streets of St Helier are safe and to signal that this sort of offending will not be tolerated<\/p>\n
the Bailiff, Robert MacRae<\/p>\n
In a statement read to the court, the victim said the assault had left her traumatised, experiencing flashbacks, panic attacks and ongoing pain. <\/p>\n
\u201cI have lost my sense of safety in the very community where I grew up,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s something that I will carry with me long after the physical bruises fade.\u201d<\/p>\n
Advocate Julia-Anne Dix, defending, said Doriga lived an \u201cextremely basic\u201d life and supported his family on a \u00a3285 monthly cricket salary. <\/p>\n
She said he felt deep shame, knowing the incident would cost him his sporting career, and accepted the harm he caused. <\/p>\n
The assault, she added, was inexcusable and completely out of character.<\/p>\n
Presiding over the sentencing hearing, the Bailiff, Robert MacRae, said the case was so serious that custody was the only justifiable outcome.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou targeted a lone woman, followed her and when you felt it was safe for you to do so you attacked her and stole her phone,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe court has a duty to ensure the streets of St Helier are safe and to signal that this sort of offending will not be tolerated.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr MacRae, who was presiding with Jurats Opfermann and Gardener, said the court was jailing Doriga for three years and recommended that he be deported from the Island after completing his sentence.<\/p>\n
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