He appears free in court this Thursday, November 28, 2024, but the offenses that this 27-year-old man born in Vendée is accused of are numerous. “It started last November 7, you refused to comply after a gendarmerie road check in Bressuire”begins Judge Igor Souchu, who presides over the criminal court. An act which will lead to a chase with the police, “at high speeds, where you almost hit cars in your race”.
It is by avoiding colliding with another car that the police are forced to leave the road. “The accident will injure the three gendarmes, who have become civil parties”specifies the magistrate.
He throws away his phone for fear of retaliation
The fugitive will also end up in an accident, injured, tested positive for alcohol and… obviously arrested. “In your Peugeot 3008, nearly a hundred cartons of counterfeit cigarettes will be found”. “There were 78 cartridges”corrects the defendant on the stand, then explaining that he has been trafficking for about a year. “I bought boxes of 50 cartridges at €20 per cartridge. I resold them for €40, on sites like Marketplace, on Facebook. »
To justify his dangerous refusal to comply, he invokes “panic, because of the presence of cigarettes”. Problem, while he was hospitalized and then placed in police custody, he made headlines again the next day by entering the Bressuire car impound where his car had been taken. “You will recover your phone left in the vehicle, and get rid of it”relate Igor Souchu. “I did this because I am afraid of retaliation from my supplier, who was in my contacts. I receive threats every day. »
Customary of justice, the person who presents himself as a truck driver has several convictions: drug trafficking, domestic violence, violence in meetings, etc. “What he did is aberrant and intolerable, it is dangerous for himself and for others”argues the representative of the prosecution, before requesting twelve months in prison and a committal warrant.
One last chance
“For the twelve months, I understand. But the committal warrant surprises me a lotretorts Me Julie Adenot, lawyer for the defendant. Yes, he did anything, but he takes responsibility for his actions and he has shown his ability to respect his judicial review. His mother can accommodate him, even with an electronic bracelet. »
This is indeed the solution chosen by the court. By sentencing him to twelve months in prison, convertible into bracelet placement, the Niort court gave him one last chance and spared him detention. On the other hand, he will have to pay €14,000 in customs fines for cigarette trafficking.
