"I just want to go back to prison" - ferocious teen attacker

Sunday 22 December 2019

An 18-year-old who already has an "unenviable amount of offences" on his record has been locked up for another 11 months after committing a cocktail of new crimes.

Nathan Domaille was sentenced for seriously assaulting someone in Town, stealing a motorbike and driving it while uninsured, possession of 43g of cannabis, smashing a TV, kettle, and more in a prison cell, and then flooding a solitary cell twice in two days.

These offences all took place either at the start of August this year, or towards the end of September when he was remanded in custody awaiting sentencing. 

Pictured: Domaille has a long record of offences at just 18-years-old. 

Chronologically, it was on the 1 August that Guernsey Police went to the defendants house looking to speak to him about an unrelated matter, when they saw someone riding a motor bike toward them without a helmet on. The officers stopped the rider, and then realised it was Domaille, who told them he had taken the bike because he saw the keys were in the ignition. 

He then said: "my head is f*cked, I just want to go back to prison", and then told the officers his bag was full of drugs. Inside, they found 43.8g of cannabis inside of a jar.

The assault took place on 7 August, when Domaille was involved in a fight with three other people. Those three others have already been sentenced by the Magistrate's Court for public disorder offences, and faced a mix of prison sentences and community service. Because of the other matters that were then pending against Domaille, his sentencing was delayed.

Pictured: the affray happened at the North Plantation in Town. 

But the entire fight was caught on CCTV on the North Plantation. It showed the entire group scuffling and falling to the ground, as they were arguing over a bag. After a short amount of time, one of the group and Domaille squared up to each other with their fists raised; Domaille lashed out first and hit the other person square in the face, and knocked them down. He then ran up to that person and kicked them in the head, before running away with his arms in the air. 

The victim suffered a broken nose and a fractured eye socket, along with a number of cuts and grazes. 

Finally, the criminal damage offences occurred on 28 and 29 September, when Domaille was remanded in custody. One day officers heard shouting and swearing coming from his cell, and found he had smashed the TV and phone on to the floor until they were completely broken. The next day, he pulled his cupboard doors off and broke his tooth brush and kettle. 

When he was then moved into a solitary cell, Domaille proceeded to use a tap to flood the cell two days in a row - and also broke a light fitting. 

Pictured: The Court heard how Domaille had rejected the help of the Criminal Justice Substance Abuse Service, but had approached the Oberlands himself to get help to detox. 

Advocate Liam Roffey told the Court his client had been realistic in his instructions, and expected to be given a lengthy prison sentence for what he had done, but he did urge Judge Gary Perry to consider Domaille's age and heightening mental health problems.

"Substance misuse is at the heart of this," he said, explaining Domaille was not addicted to any particular drug, but rather addicted to "escaping reality" by consuming as many drugs as he could.

Judge Perry said: "I accept that your drug problem may well be at the heart of your offending, but that in no way can excuse your actions.

"This was a ferocious attack with a powerful haymaker punch and a kick. You caused extremely serious injuries, but you could have just as easily killed him." 

In total, Domaille was sentenced to eight months youth detention for the fight and three months for the cannabis, motorcycle theft and driving without insurance. He was also given two months for each of the criminal damage, but those were to be served concurrently with the rest of his time, amounting to a total of 11 months, starting from Thursday 19 December. 

Pictured top: The offences Domaille had committed came right to the limit of what the Magistrate's Court could deal with.