– The president: “Do you know why you are here?“
– Georges : “Grmdbldrm“
– You committed racketeering for 110 euros in September 2023. Do you admit the facts?
– No. And besides, I don’t understand anything. Why did the person who accompanied me have the case dismissed?
– It was not a dismissal of charges but an internment measure, which is very different. What happened that day?
– I was asked for a small favor, I did it.
– What service? Marijuana? You speak French, you know how to put things into words!
– We accompanied the guy to get him to pay us, but I wasn’t the one who took the money.
– Well, it’s curious, your accomplice says exactly the opposite! A month later, you started again with someone else.
– I asked the guy for his bag, I intervened to help him.
– Hey, you’re more of a peacekeeper type, you!
– I pretended to have a knife, but I did it nicely.
– Ah yes, nice threats, indeed!
A pavement, but no pond
Another day, Georges verbally attacked, but not only, the peacekeepers who had intervened when they saw him bothering an old person to extract a few tickets from him. “Yeah, I was pissed, I asked them what they were doing there and that it was none of their business.” Whereupon Georges actually grabbed a paving stone to threaten them.
“When he hits, it’s not for a few slaps. He’s already sent people to the hospital”
More recently, our defendant was guilty of willful assault and battery on his girlfriend at the time. There he recognizes. “Yes, but I was drunk.” Like her, in fact. Whereupon he is accused of rebellion. “That’s not true, I ran away.“Except that he was caught and that the rebellion took place precisely at that moment. In addition, the victim withdrew her complaint, but the facts had in the meantime been noted by the police…
As if that were not enough, the judge notes that Georges has already been sentenced in 2021 to 10 months in prison for similar acts. At the time, he received a reprieve. “I work illegally in a restaurant. It’s an arrangement with the boss, since I’m homeless.” “Do you have any other income?” “CPAS.” “So you receive CPAS, you work undeclared and that poses no problem for you? Sit down, Sir.”
gull“In view of the accumulating violence and the total lack of amendment, I am asking for a three-year prison sentence.”
The prosecutor does her job: extortions filmed by cameras with several accomplices, numerous facts, repeat offenses…”In view of the accumulating violence and the total absence of amendment, I am asking for a three-year prison sentence.“
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Training, last hope
It’s the defense’s turn to try to save what can be saved. Thus, on the first charge, Georges does not appear on the surveillance cameras, unlike his accomplice who never denied being there. He must be given the benefit of the doubt. There remains the other charges where the accused confesses.
But what to do with him? “Reading his file is horrible. He has only ever known institutions, since his earliest childhood. He suffers from psychological problems and has a property manager. He has never had a person.”secure‘ to which he was able to cling. He is rebellious, marginal, a school dropout but never had the opportunity to develop his intelligence. Do we hope that the prison will take over from the institutions and improve it? We know very well that this will not be the case.“And to advocate for training in social skills, accompanied by alcohol withdrawal and guidance. “It would be the first time anyone would take care of him,” sighs the lawyer. We will know in three weeks if she was heard.
