ANALYSE – The comedian was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison, including two years. the criminal court issued a committal warrant with deferred effect, with provisional execution. Pierre Palmade's lawyer had affirmed that prison, for him, “would make no sense».
“It is never a victory to see a man lose his freedom.” These words are those of Mourad Battikh, the lawyer for the members of the family seriously injured in the collision caused by Pierre Palmalde on a road in Seine-et-Marne, in February 2023. The criminal lawyer was reacting to the conviction by the criminal court of Melun of the comedian Wednesday evening to five years in prison, including two years closed for “aggravated unintentional injuries.” Like his behavior during the debates, the artist welcomed the sentence without reacting or showing the slightest emotion. During his pleading, his lawyer Me Céline Lasek had nevertheless warned that “prison will destroy him[it]»: “All the work he has done over the past year and a half, do we want to put it to the ground? What would society have to gain? Pierre Palmade also needs to be protected. In what state would he come out? Apart from a display effect, prison would have no meaning for him.»
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