Residents of rue du Châtaignier reported to the Nevers police station, on July 4, 2020, that shady transactions were taking place in this quiet artery behind the SNCF station. A patrol is sent on the spot and, on his arrival, a pedestrian leaning on the door of a car wriggles. The motorist is also anxious to leave, but the officers intercept him.
There is 1.3 g of cocaine in a pouch in his bag and € 2,300 in cash in his glove box. The driver assures, in police custody, that he has never seen this drug. He went to a party the day before. Maybe someone put that in their stuff …
For the money, he says it is the sale of his car, which he still drives, because the papers were not done properly. However, he refuses to give the name of the buyer …
Was that either or I had to wait to get the other half of the money. I accepted the immediate solution. I was stupid.
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Nothing that doesn’t stand up. The young man raises the bar before the judges, Tuesday, January 26, recognizing the traffic. But he kept a surprising explanation of the origin of the drug. He maintains that he worked for two months on a demolition site, without being declared, and, in the end, his employer paid him with tickets and cocaine.
“It was either that or I had to wait to have the other half of the money,” he says. “I accepted the immediate solution. I was stupid. “
I had never seen so many lies in one hearing day before
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The deputy prosecutor gets annoyed. “I had never seen so many lies in a single hearing day”, he says. with particular reference to a precedent comparing. “We shouldn’t be taken for wild rabbits either. “
“An employer who practices hidden work, who already knows that he is putting his company in danger because of it, would also pay a worker in cocaine … Knowing that he is not a consumer and that he could very well swing it … No, I do not believe it. “
Ten months in prison
He requires ten months of suspended probation. In defense, Me Marie-Christine Chataignier recalls that her client ended up acknowledging the facts. “So we can’t always accuse him of lying. “
She cites her promising school career, unfortunately interrupted by heart disease. “He was very weakened by it. He is looking for work, but it is complicated, with the crisis. Idleness made it easier to take action. However, this is a totally isolated fact. “
The young man is sentenced to ten months suspended prison sentence.
Bertrand yvernault
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