The father of a student was sentenced Tuesday to 18 months in prison, 12 of which were suspended for “threat of death” against the director of a primary school located in a poor district of Nîmes (Gard).
The president of the criminal court Jean-Michel Perez, however, specified that the six months in prison would be adjusted to “House arrest” with an electronic bracelet.
The defendant was also prohibited from coming into contact with the principal and two teachers and from appearing around the school and the court also pronounced an obligation of psychological care.
The man spoke of his “distress”
This father of a 7-year-old child was notably tried before the Nîmes criminal court for having told the director of the school located in the Chemin Bas d’Avignon district on January 15. ” I kill you “ and “What we did to Samuel Paty is nothing compared to what I’m going to do to you”.
He spoke on Tuesday February 2 in court about his “Distress” from “Father of a child who has behavioral, speech and hyperactivity difficulties” and his refusal of any drug treatment or placement in a class reserved for students with disabilities.
“I live in a disgusting neighborhood, I find it hard to get by, I want my son to be able to progress. I know his behavior is difficult, but we must give him a chance “, explained this 33-year-old plumber already convicted several years ago, in particular for thefts in assembly and contempt.
Speaking with ease, the man with short hair and a neat beard apologized and admitted to having ” burst out of anger “ but fiercely denied referring to decapitated professor in the Paris region on October 16.
“The objective was to sow fear”
The Deputy Public Prosecutor Willy Lubin had requested 18 months’ imprisonment, including eight with probationary suspension, with prohibition to come into contact with the teaching staff of this school and continued detention, considering that “The objective was to sow fear”.
The school principal, who has worked in this neighborhood for 23 years, “Is absent (at the hearing Editor’s note) because he was terrified by the comments made” and does not know if he will be able to continue working there, underlined his lawyer Me Émilie Vrignaud. The director returned to work on Tuesday while three other teachers are still on sick leave, she said.
“These parents went to the end of their limits” regarding their eldest son’s difficulties: “There is still a taboo in France, it is the handicap”, pleaded in defense Me Marion Touzellier.
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