Lawyer Dimitri Vantomme refused in the court of Ypres to defend his client with a mouth mask. “I am bothered by the mouth mask. I would like to argue in all expressions, that is a fundamental right, ”said counsel.
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“I have prepared an elaborate plea of five pages, the court cannot expect a lawyer to plead without a mouth mask. I was given permission to do so at other courts. “
“You are in my court and the law says that you must wear a mouth mask,” said the judge. “You may only take off the mouth mask if you can submit a medical certificate. Otherwise I have to hand this over to the Public Prosecution Service. ” The case was then postponed to December 7.
Vantomme defends one of the two tenants of a villa in Boezinge, West Flanders, who repeatedly caused nuisance in their neighborhood and who is on trial for threatening and biting police inspectors.
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