Le Mans. Drunk driver causes accident…then headbutts police officer

On April 27, 2024 at 3:45 a.m., the police operates near the city center of Mansor one accident traffic has just taken place.
There, they find a woman. She explains to them that at a roundabout, while she was driving on Avenue de Gaulle to get onto Avenue Bolléehis car was hit by a vehicle coming from rue Chanzy.

Headbutt a police officer

The driver of the car that caused the accident is also at the scene. Alcoholic, he refuses to follow the police officers to the police station. He asks them to wait until his brother arrives to collect his vehicle, because he does not want it to be taken to the impound lot.

Faced with the refusal of the police, the man loses his temper before giving A headbutt to a civil servant.

“I would not like to be on the road when the man is drunk”

In court, on April 30, the 26-year-old defendant recognized the facts. He has already convicted twice for driving under the influence of an alcoholic state and twice for violence on a person holding public authority.

“I wonder about the gentleman’s relationship with authority,” declared Me Marine Flosseau, the police’s lawyer.

As for the prosecutor, he spoke of “unbearable” facts, adding: “I would not like to be on the road when the gentleman is drunk.”

As for Me Feriel Fezzani, the driver’s lawyer, she asked for an appropriate sentence for her client.

12 months in prison

Found guilty, the defendant was sentenced to a mixed sentence of 12 months in prison, i.e. 6 months suspended and 6 months in prison which he will serve under an electronic bracelet.

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