“I swear to you, madame, I swear to you. » To the president, he swears again and again that no, he is not violent. That it was in fact she who often bit his lips too hard when kissing him. She ? His mistress, the complainant with whom this 46-year-old defendant had a “passionate” relationship – it was the psychiatrist who examined him who wrote it thus – “fascinated by this woman with a fiery temperament and by a new sexual life which he had not suspected until then. As a defense, the man detailed to investigators what was “tumultuous” about their antics, the prosecutor describes.
The medical certificates, established following the two acts of aggravated violence which earned him, this Thursday, January 16, 2025, a trial before the Saint-Brieuc criminal court, do not, however, describe anything romantic. Fracture of a vertebra in the lower back, handfuls of hair pulled out, bruises, abrasions, trauma… For the first blows, in Saint-Brieuc in March 2022, the victim was given a two-week ITT. And the unofficial companion – because she was also married – had been placed under judicial supervision while awaiting her trial.
Judicial review revoked
Except that in November 2024, the “toxic” relationship resumed and the contact ban was forgotten. The night of the 21st was drunk, at the complainant's home, and the defendant once again showed violence by dragging her by the hair, then locking her in a room, deprived of keys and cell phone. She will jump from the first floor to escape. The ITT, following the fracture caused by his fall, will be set at 45 days. And the defendant's judicial control will be revoked. He will be detained pending trial.
-The victim's son, heard by investigators, also described the beatings suffered by his mother. The criminal court found the defendant guilty of the two acts of violence and sentenced him to twelve months in prison, ten of which were suspended. He will be quickly released and will serve the remainder of his sentence under electronic monitoring. His now ex-mistress left France for the United States. A ban on contact and appearing at his home was nevertheless imposed and remains valid for the next three years.
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