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Drawing. A former soldier was sentenced, Tuesday February 16, 2021, to ten months in prison for having violently beaten a young man who squatted his hall in Blanc-Mesnil (Seine-Saint-Denis). (©Adobe Stock)
With his face swollen, his gait frail, he painfully advances to the bar of the civil parties of the court of Bobigny (Seine-Saint-Denis), this Tuesday February 16, 2021. Young high school student of 18, he will speak little during the trial of his attacker, an ex-soldier accused of having him struck several times Saturday February 13, 2021 to Blanc-Mesnil.
Hall of squatted building
That evening, it was 8:30 p.m. on avenue de la République when the defendant, overwhelmed by the nuisance of a crowd in his hall of building, goes down to ask three young people to leave.
The discussion escalates, one of the young people brandishes a cutter and the 26-year-old returns to his apartment to get an alarm pistol before going back down to the lobby. Two of the three young people are still present. He then brandishes his weapon and fires blank bullets twice in the direction of the window.
Panicked, one of them runs away when the last one remains. A rain of blows falls on him. It will result 30 days of temporary work interruption (HERE).
The victim in underwear
“The victim is very, very damaged. Why not have called the police to dislodge them? “, Asks the president of the court. “I did it for two years, but they didn’t do anything. The lessor is also in the know but does nothing ”, explains the defendant, right in his boots and military port. His outburst of violence? “I was in the heat of the moment, I didn’t realize it. “
The height of humiliation, the victim is then ordered to remove his belongings and will be found in underwear by the police. A method that puzzles the president of the court. “It is the automatic procedure”, answers the defendant laconically. Subsequently, his lawyer will explain that the procedure is used in the military to ensure that there are no hidden weapons.
Ten months in prison
A defense, which is not to the liking of the prosecutor. “He acted in spite of all military ethics. The victim took for the others, ”he fumed at the hearing before continuing:
He made him experience the supreme humiliation of fucking him naked and he talks about automatic procedure! But who does he think he is? What text are you talking about?
It requires one year in prison, including six months suspended. For the defendant’s lawyer, after 6 pm, the victim “should have been at home”. “We know that the buildings of landlords, it is not easy. My client is tired of squats and with his partner, they are also looking to move ”.
The court finally sentences him to ten months in prison, five of which are suspended. His sentence will be adjusted according to the semi-liberty regime so that he can continue his work.
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