Domestic violence before the Chartres court: “With alcohol, I become violent and mean”

Filing a complaint is a hardship for women victims of domestic violence. The young woman who is appearing as a civil party before the Chartres court had, in addition, to confront her own father, who tried to dissuade her from denouncing the blows she suffered in order “not to create trouble” to his companion.

Yet it is “for him”, for his companion, that this woman filed a complaint. Aged 27, the man recognizes “a problem with alcohol”. His former partner – also a victim of violence that he recognizes, but for which the defendant is not prosecuted – describes him as “drunk five nights out of seven”.

Arrested with 1.58 g / l of alcohol in the blood

This Thursday, March 25, while the couple quarreled for a futile reason, the defendant chained glasses of whiskey all day. In the evening, once his companion has gone to bed, he decides to go up and piss him off. He pulls her from the bed by the feet and lashes out against her. The medical certificate shows about fifteen bruises on his body.

He goes so far as to smash the door of the guest room in which she took refuge. In court, the president shows the photos of the gaping hole in the door: “Can you imagine the fear you are generating at that time? “With alcohol, I become violent and mean,” recognizes the man at the helm.

The outburst of violence does not stop there since after having pushed her into the dressing room, a bar of which has broken, he pursues his companion in the house. She tries to call the police twice. At the hearing, the president of the court evokes two videos shot by each of the members of the couple during the evening, on file: “We see the victim in pajamas in the kitchen, you insult him. “

The police arrested the man the next day at 1 p.m. He has a blood alcohol level of 1.58 g / l of blood. Placed in police custody, he was only interviewed on Saturday March 27, then placed in detention until the hearing on Monday.

In a cart, alcoholic and violent

Three years of violence

His companion is also heard and depicts recurring episodes of violence in three years of relationship. The president sums up: “You settle in June 2018, the violence begins in November 2018. In November 2020, you tried to suffocate her with a cushion. “

While in custody, the defendant explains his violence by a painful past: “I let myself go. I believe her when she tells me what I did. “This self-employed person in public works affirms it through the voice of his lawyer:” The deprivation of liberty for three nights made one think. He has also started the steps to cure his alcoholism.

For the prosecutor, this file is proof that “we see violence in all environments, not just in neighborhoods. »She required 18 months in prison, 9 of which were suspended. The court finally sentenced the defendant to 16 months, including 12 with a probationary suspension, including compulsory care, a ban on contacting the victim and an obligation to carry out, at his own expense, a period of accountability for the victims. perpetrators of domestic violence.

The court also ordered the continued detention of the defendant, pending the adjustment of his prison sentence, in order to allow his companion to leave the home calmly.