In the courtroom of the 17th chamber of the Bobigny Criminal Court this Thursday afternoon, the very damaged face of Doctor Mohamed Oulmekki calls out. Three days after his attack in his office in Drancy (Seine-Saint-Denis), the doctor still has swollen, purplish cheekbones and a very swollen nose. The consequence of a triple fracture with displacement of the nasal septum, for which he had to undergo surgery that same Thursday afternoon.
Before this operation, he still wanted to be present when his alleged attacker, a 22-year-old man, appeared in the defendant's box. The latter, wearing a black and white checkered sweater, shoulders lowered, asked for time to prepare his defense. “It’s my first time in police custody, I’m a little scared,” he explains. He will therefore appear on February 13. While awaiting his trial, the defendant was placed under judicial supervision after apologizing to the doctor in an almost inaudible voice.
An uncertain attitude which contrasts with what he is accused of. Monday afternoon, the young man went to Dr Oulmekki's waiting room, in the Parisian Village district of Drancy. When the GP left his office, he rushed towards him and headbutted him violently, calling him a “thief” and a “crook”, according to the doctor’s testimony. A problem linked to healthcare reimbursements would be at the origin of this bloodshed.
“An unresolved conflict”, according to the prosecutor's expression, which generates “a risk of pressure, a risk of reiteration”, he believes to justify his requisitions for removal from Drancy and the 16th arrondissement of Paris, where he resides. the victim.
A temporary delivery driver, the young man lives alone with his mother in Drancy. His criminal record is clean. He was unknown to the police until Monday's events. “I regret what happened, I would like to apologize,” he repeats.
“It would have been a slap in the face, I would have forgiven,” comments the doctor at the end of the hearing. But now, I have a triple fracture, I'm going to spend two hours in the operating room, I'm not even sure I'll work again. » Dr Oulmekki, aged 64, has in fact closed his office until further notice. He says he is giving himself until January to think about a possible resumption of his professional activity.
