“I had great luck with this electronic bracelet. And I did anything…” Placed in pre-trial detention before his immediate appearance this Monday, October 9 in Thionville, the 19-year-old defendant sees his daily life unfold, marked in recent months by a summons forcing him to serve a home sentence. At the time, the Thionvillois had been sentenced to one year in prison, including six months suspended on probation, for violence against the police in Thionville, as part of the urban riots linked to the death of Nahel.
What the courts accuse him of is non-compliance with the authorized exit times imposed by the northern Moselle jurisdiction, on several occasions in July and August. On the night of September 12 to 13, he was seen around midnight by the police at the bottom of a building in Thionville smoking a cigarette. One time too many. Recognized by the patrol officers, the suspect fled.
In police custody, investigators dissect his file, which details the failures to fulfill his obligations. Above all, they discover that the sentence enforcement judge was about to consider removing his bracelet and imagining an alternative to this device. The young man, who said he was “unaware of risking prosecution for escaping a convict placed under electronic surveillance”, only hastened his fall. The person who was the subject of a final reminder of the law by a magistrate, a few hours before his arrest, will join a cell in Metz-Queuleu prison for two months.
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