Six to eight Picon beers consumed that day in September 2022. And here is the defendant who enters a spiral of violence where he attacks his mistress, because she rejects him. The couple have been in an extramarital affair for several years.
“Alcohol does not mix, the fifty-year-old clumsily tries in his defense, before the judges of the court of Thionville. I saw red. »So much so that he breaks their bed, left for the occasion in confetti, before grabbing the victim by the throat to strangle her. She too is “regularly insulted”, it was learned during this December 12 hearing presided over by Vincent Rouvre.
“Love took precedence over judicial restraint”
The defendant was first placed under judicial supervision with a ban on contact with the victim, then placed in pre-trial detention for not complying with this decision. “I recognize that love has taken over this judicial restriction. ”Before finally conceding:“ For me, our relationship is toxic. »
In the crackdown, the public prosecutor is asking for eight months’ imprisonment with suspended sentence, with a ban on going to the victim’s home and coming into contact with her, for a period of three years.
The North Moselle jurisdiction follows the requisitions, adding a duty of care for alcohol.
