On October 17, 2024, an 18-year-old young woman called the police because she had suffered violence from her companion of the same age. When they arrived, the police saw him hitting her. She had been seeing this young man for eighteen months and she explains that he started insulting her and sometimes being violent with her since he learned that her previous boyfriend was black.
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Judged on Wednesday December 18, 2024 by the Caen Criminal Court, assisted by an interpreter, the defendant, an Afghan national, assures that he is not not racist. My educator is there, I'm nice to everyone.
He contests the violence. He said he responded with a slap to a slap given by his partner. It's not nice to do that, you have to be nice to me but she doesn't listen to me.
Now I'm afraid of men
The victim is there too and says that Now I'm afraid of men.
For the civil party, Me Stéphanie Pérol would like to clarify: My client is young and under guardianship, she needs the advice of a psychologist, but she will remain scarred.
The public prosecutor emphasizes that there is a problem of jealousy and relationships with women. He wanted her to cut off contact with her social worker because he is a man and couldn't stand her having any friendly or professional relationships with men. Today there is no questioning.
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The court sentences him to four months in prison with suspended probation. He will have to work, take care of himself, compensate the victim up to €800 for his moral damage, pay the sums owed to the Public Treasury, no longer contact her or go to her home, and be followed by a CPCA (care center perpetrators of domestic violence), all with provisional execution.
