There is never a break from confectioners in court. Thus, this Tuesday, December 24, 2024, a 34-year-old man, in pre-trial detention since Sunday 22, appeared for domestic violence, contempt and rebellion, following acts committed as a repeat offender, Friday December 20, in Brest.
“I didn’t let it happen”
For the violence perpetrated on his partner, the inmate minimizes: “We were both heavily drunk and we had a headache! “. “I didn’t let myself get carried away,” he continued against the woman who did not become a civil party at the hearing. The victim simply wrote to the criminal court: “My heart hurts towards my ex-spouse”.
For the violence committed against the police officers during his arrest, the thirty-year-old expresses his regrets by lowering his head. He not only insulted them (“I’m going to kill… your mothers!”), but also tried to assault them in the van, and again at the police station.
He spits on the police
President Marie-Anne Kérisit notes the repeated spitting on civil servants. “What does this gesture of spitting in their faces mean? » she asks. While the thirty-year-old cites his excessive alcohol consumption, the magistrate replies “No no, we don't hide behind the bottle of alcohol! This spitting is a mark of disdain! “.
Prosecutor Antoine Bouriaud agrees: “The spitting is particularly disgusting and humiliating! “. A fact also addressed by the police officers' lawyer, Me Janice Gassin, who is seeking compensation for moral damage.
At the end of the debates, the accused, whose criminal record already includes nine convictions, is punished with a prison sentence of eight months, to which are added two months of a previous suspended sentence. He is therefore kept in detention.
