Alcohol drains in its wake legions of ghosts, those of the lives it helps to shatter. The forty-year-old who stands before his judges is one of the usual prey of the demons he generates.
His criminal record is just a long litany of misdeeds committed while drunk. To which is added the incident of October 5. Around 8:30 p.m., firefighters were called to a store on Boulevard Clemenceau, in Perpignan. They were requested by the municipal police to take care of a man who suffered from a facial wound and who was clearly in a very advanced state of intoxication. As soon as he sees the uniforms of the rescuers, the man gets up and begins to shout and insult the firefighters. He tries to hit one of them and spits on the other.
He is restrained, treated, taken to the police station and placed in sobering up. He could only be heard the next day, as his level of alcoholic impregnation was high. Outrage and violence against firefighters, repeated offenses, earned him an immediate appearance in court. Before his judges, he makes an act of contrition. Of that evening, he only retains vague flashes. A problem in the store, the security guard who takes him outside. “When I saw the firefighters I thought they were friends of the security guard…”
He confides that he has been drinking beer since the morning.
His criminal record is nothing but a litany of outrages and violence.
“Do you have a problem with authority?” asks the president.
“When I’m in this state, I don’t know who is in front of me”.
The prosecutor is quite upset: “He is already under compulsory care, and to make matters worse, he is questioning his treatment which does not suit him!” He asks for two years firm.
It will be 18 months, 9 of which will be accompanied by a ban on frequenting drinking establishments.
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