“A riddle. » Confusing hearing, this Thursday, January 2, 2025, at the Lorient court. Aged 47, a resident of Larmor-Plage (56) was prosecuted for violence committed – while drunk – against his own father and three police officers who came to arrest him on New Year's Eve . Without work for several years, the forty-year-old has been living in an attic at his parents' home for two years. Stoic in the box, the defendant does not seem to understand the facts with which he is accused. “I had a human reaction like someone who was angry,” he says when talking about his action.
“An enigma”
On the night of December 31 to January 1, while his family was about to go to bed, this trained cabinetmaker began to play the djembe. His nephews complained, which led to the intervention of the defendant's father, aged 72. Confronted with his son's drunkenness and incoherent comments, the septuagenarian slaps him. “From there, I respond,” recalls the defendant. A slap is returned, then a shove causes the father to fall down the stairs, ending up below, blood flowing from his ear.
The parents then decide to call the police. When the officials arrive, the situation becomes tense again. The forty-year-old swings a wooden trestle at the police, and struggles during his arrest. Once in the car, he kneed an officer in the face. Injured, the latter received eight days of temporary interruption of work.
“I didn’t want to let it happen. It’s a natural reaction,” continues the defendant in an arrogant tone. “I’ll let you be the judge of all that,” retorts the president. “What is worrying is that there is no questioning,” says Me Frantz Faivre, lawyer for the police. The public prosecutor, Bastien Diacono, evokes an “enigma” when speaking of the defendant, whose “alcohol problems” are “real”. “It feels like he's being judged for simply raising his voice and losing his temper. There is a real gap between the facts and his detachment during the hearing,” he insists.
“He has no life”
“We have a little difficulty in determining it,” admits the advice of the forty-year-old, Me Christophe Cossonnet. This man is nothing. He has no job, no home, no children, no partner, no friends… He has no life. We just know that he spends his days in his room drinking and smoking. » Living “on the hooks” of his ancestors, his client does not flinch, his gaze staring into space. “Yes, the only thing he has is his parents. It wouldn't help if he cut off all contact with them. » The court decided to sentence him to twelve months in prison, with a suspended probationary period of two years. He will be required to receive treatment, to work, to compensate the victims and will be prohibited from appearing at his parents' home. The contact ban was not imposed.
