The little lady advances masked, discreet at the bar of the criminal court of Thionville. Gray hair up, blue dress, pink crochet cardigan, she seems almost impressed. She does not take her eyes off her lawyer. But quickly, the 72-year-old defendant will present another face.
She is being prosecuted for non-public racist insults and degradation. All over a long period, from 2013 to 2020. A priori, this lady spends a lot of time with her son, rue Jules-Verne in Fameck. Several residents accuse him of ruining their lives, of sowing terror in the neighborhood. They multiplied the complaints. They say she steals the laundry, relieves herself in their gardens, insults the children, spy on their mail. Two women assure, in particular, that she treated them as “bougnoule”. A neighbor denounces a relentlessness on his fence. He even filmed it.
“This video is a set-up! “, gets carried away the little lady in front of the judge before whom she was presented Tuesday, July 5. “This group of people are after me. They don’t want me to go to my son. From then on, it will be difficult to reason with her. The defendant screams. She shouts that she wants to defend her son, to prevent the neighbors from attacking her garden. The words become incoherent. “I allow myself to synthesize: Madame presents herself as the white knight who acts for the land of her son”, poses her lawyer, Me Schauber. His client will eventually leave the courtroom.
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Expertise psy
“I will continue on the psychiatric expertise”, continues the president. The doctor evokes a paranoid personality which, however, does not alter the discernment of the defendant, unknown to justice so far.
The victims are all calling for his removal. “The difficulty in this type of conflict is the proof,” notes the public prosecutor. “But in June 2020, the neighbor filmed and we recognize Madame perfectly on the video made in the early morning. On the other hand, non-public insults are prescribed. “They are not precise enough, nor sufficiently dated,” adds the prosecution.
His requisitions are followed by the court. The president only retains the damage committed on the fence in June 2020. He condemns the defendant to a ban on appearing on rue Jules-Verne in Fameck, for two years. This decision takes effect immediately. If she does not respect this sentence, she faces two years in prison and a fine of 30,000 euros. as provided by law.
“It is odious to condemn an elderly woman to the ban on appearing in the town of her son, odious”, had carried away the defense lawyer in his argument. When the judgment was announced, he already expressed his intention to appeal.
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