Tried on Thursday January 2, 2025 before the Niort criminal court, the thirty-year-old dislodged by the elite gendarmes of the GIGN two days earlier in Coulonges-sur-l'Autize was found guilty at the end of his trial in immediate appearance .
Convicted for the twelfth time since 2011, this native of Reunion Island living between Deux-Sèvres and Vendée was sentenced to six months in prison. Furthermore, he is prohibited from possessing or carrying a weapon for five years.
Relaxed for gun violence against his mother-in-law
This 34-year-old landscaper was found guilty of the offense of “violence with use or threat of a weapon without incapacity as a repeat offender” against his daughter-in-law and his son-in-law, the second being a minor.
Prosecuted for the same offense committed against his mother-in-law, the accused was acquitted. The victim had not seen the alarm pistol which he held in his right hand, barrel pointed downwards, before pointing it without firing in the direction of the Volkswagen Golf which was leaving.
His in-laws came to collect a mop
The 30-year-old was incarcerated at the Niort remand center immediately after the sentencing. During the debates, he denied the facts with which he was accused, conceding that he had refused to welcome his in-laws who came unexpectedly to his home and his partner to collect a mop.
The defendant nevertheless admitted to possessing a plaster grenade, usually used during military exercises. He said he had it “found” a few days earlier among around fifteen others gathered in a bag, keeping this one in Coulonges-sur-l'Autize. Hence his conviction, also, for “unauthorized possession of war materials, weapons, ammunition or their category A elements”. The seals were confiscated by the courts.
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