François (assumed name), was drunk on September 2, 2019. When a driver made him realize that his driving was not the most suitable, that day, at the exit of a roundabout in Andenne , he tripped. “It was bloodshed. I do not dispute. François kicked the driver who was following him, causing him to be unfit for work for 10 days. Before kicking his vehicle. The scene was filmed by surveillance cameras. The problem? The defendant had already been convicted of drunk driving and was sentenced to 2 years in prison for intentional assault and battery.
François’s lawyer, who was sentenced by default to one year in prison for the facts of September 2019, pleads for the court’s indulgence, his client no longer having the right to a simple reprieve. The substitute De Scheemaekere for his part requests the confirmation of this sentence, without however opposing a possible probationary suspension including training in the management of violence and management of the alcohol problem of the defendant. “In 2007, he was sentenced to 2 years in prison for assault and battery causing permanent disability. He seems to have a problem with violence, accentuated by frustration and alcohol. »
Judgment on April 21
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