Through Dorine Goth
Published on 31 May 21 at 6:56 p.m.
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The birthday party turned into a tragedy. Sunday May 23, 2021, neighbors call the police in Bondy (Seine-Saint-Denis) after witnessing a violent assault in a private garden. A father is suspected of having violently hit his wife and daughter. The man was tried for violence Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at the Bobigny court.
Her daughter is unconscious
On this day, the family celebrates the birthday of their 13-year-old son. The father of the family drinks many glasses of whiskey and beer. Heavily alcoholic, he insults, spits on his wife and hits her violently. The couple’s 17-year-old daughter received a blow to the head while trying to intervene. When help arrived, the young girl had lost consciousness.
“From Friday to Sunday, he drinks a lot and we hear screams, the noise of furniture, broken dishes and beatings which are akin to violence”, explains a neighbor to the police.
Several acts of violence
During his arrest, the man has 0.74 mg of alcohol per liter of exhaled air. “Do you have second thoughts, can you be violent when you drink?” “Asks the president of the tribunal. The man claims to have no recollection of the events. “But if my wife says it, it’s because it’s true,” he says before apologizing to his wife.
Since their arrival in France seven months ago, several acts of violence have taken place. One, particularly worries the court. During an argument, he buried his wife’s head in a pillow, preventing her from breathing.
Fifteen months in prison
“It is a real tragedy before you today. It calls out and shocks. Today, the mission of the court is to sanction and especially to prevent so that these facts do not happen again “, pleaded the lawyer of the defendant before asking that the emphasis be placed” on the accompaniment and the care ”.
He was finally sentenced to fifteen months in prison, including nine months suspended probation. An obligation of care and a prohibition to come into contact with the victims is also pronounced.
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