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Meet the Constable B ecoming a Constable is a challenging and demanding task, but to replace such a long standing and popular politician as Len Norman is both a formidable and a privileged task.
‘I see the role as a natural extension to my previous job,’ said the new St Clement Constable, Marcus Troy. ‘I ran the Hotel Ambassadeur for 10 years and the Shakespeare for 19 years; not everyone has this experience. We deal with all types of people. I’m also still in tourism. Together with my wife, Diane, we run the Runnymede Court in town and La Frégate Café.’
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We have just over 9,500 people in the parish and we’re the smallest parish in land mass. We need more green space and if there are not sufficient funds to obtain it, I’ll raise the money to buy empty fields Having lived and worked in the parish for 29 years, Marcus’ main priorities will be dealing with the disruption caused by the pandemic and helping to get things back on track at the Parish Hall. ‘We’ve had nearly five months without a Constable and the Community Support Team needs a bit of beefing up.’ The first support team in Jersey, started by Len Norman, reaches out to the vulnerable in the community and arranges transport, food parcels and home visits - ‘all vital in these Covid times and beyond.’
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Following his recent election, the new Constable of St Clement, Marcus Troy, spoke to Kieranne Grimshaw
