Florian was his friend, his double, says his lawyer Lionel Béthune. That evening, they celebrated his birthday at his house. The family left for 1h30. With Antoine, the third friend, they decided to end the night in Angoulême. It was on the way back, almost at home, that Baptiste killed his friend by falling asleep at the wheel of the old 205 which ended up in a ditch, seriously injuring Antoine.
Baptiste was driving with 2.26g of whisky in his blood. Without a license, revoked for lack of points. The same license that had been suspended a year earlier. He had been seriously injured, drunk, in a road accident. Already.
But Baptiste doesn’t “remember anything,” he says. Not even that he got behind the wheel, having not driven for a year.
“That wouldn’t be in spite of you,” the prosecutor indignantly said. Baptiste knows that nothing will bring his friend back, so he makes amends, apologizes, asks the family for forgiveness.
Not sure that this will be enough to keep him out of prison. After the accident, he had escaped. This time, the prosecutor, as at the time, again requested a committal warrant. Three years in prison, including one probationary period, with care and work obligations. Judgment on July 4.
