“Yes I slapped her, she threw my cassoulet”

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The man presented before the Brest criminal court on Tuesday December 3, 2024, had to answer for domestic violence against the woman with whom he has been in a relationship for nine years. A tumultuous relationship.

His criminal record shows ten mentions, including four convictions for domestic violence. All committed on the mother of his two children.

On the night of November 28 to 29, in Guimiliau, he was at her house, despite a recent separation. He would have taken the initiative to make cassouletat 1:30 a.m.

According to him, his partner would not have appreciated seeing him in the kitchen, and would have threw the pan in the sink. He then allegedly slapped her twice.

“I was at her house that day to prepare for her birthday. I took care of the decoration, and I did some plumbing work. I was hungry at 1:30 a.m., I wanted to eat right away. When she threw the pan, yes, I slapped her… I didn't think… She had been drinking and slapped me too. »

He throws furniture out the window

The gendarmerie intervened at 4 a.m., shortly after the victim's call.

The defendant was then in an upstairs bedroom. Room where he notably destroyed furniture, which he then threw out the window.

“Furniture that I had assembled myself,” he insisted in court.

This 32-year-old Guadeloupean, on methadone for his addiction problemsis currently unemployed.

The prosecutor requested thirty months of imprisonment against him. “We must protect society and Madame from the Monsieur. »

The court was more lenient, “seeming to perceive a certain awareness”. The 30-year-old was sentenced to 18 months in prison.

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