It was July 4 and 9, 2023. The first time, he ran a red light and hit an 18-year-old girl who was riding a scooter. The high school student, injured in the hip, escaped with 2 days of ITT (total incapacity for work). The defendant displays a level of 1.34 g. His license is withdrawn.
But five days later, on July 9, he got behind the wheel again. In a turn, he lost control and collided with another vehicle. The man who was on board, 37 years old, has persistent pain after the accident. Me Candice François requests medical expertise.
Alcohol as a “bad refuge”
This time too, the defendant was drunk (1.5 g). Above all, he drove despite a license suspension.
“Personal problems have never justified drinking,” says Richard Pineau, who is requesting an 8-month prison sentence with a 2-year suspended probationary period. He is requesting a license revocation with the inability to retake it for 6 months and to drive a vehicle equipped with an alcohol ignition interlock device for one year.
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Because if the expertise did not reveal a pathological addiction, alcohol has become his “bad refuge” notes his lawyer Me Alexandra Courtin. She returns to the personal chaos that her client was facing at the time of the events.
“He was at the bottom”
“He was at the bottom and he continued to sink. He is a destroyed man,” she emphasizes, evoking “a family life that has broken down,” “a divorce in progress” after twenty years of marriage, “a daughter he sees less often,” “the loss of his partner” died and, “as a result, his activity”, overwhelmed by administrative tasks. He is the subject of disciplinary proceedings before the order of nurses.
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“Bad karma” whispers this fifty-year-old who has since been trying to get back on track. “I have no excuses. There is nothing rational about drinking,” adds the defendant, full of “deep regrets.”
The court reserved its decision until July 9.
