This is not the first time that this thirty-something residing in Sierck-les-Bains has gone through the legal mill. In all, eleven mentions appear in his record. Facts of theft, concealment, threats supplemented by an electronic bracelet in December 2020. At the origin of this new appearance before the criminal court of Thionville, a dispute that turned badly on January 28.
The statement of facts takes place during the evening: in his apartment, the accused receives. In all, four guests are present, including an acquaintance of the thirty-something who came to “apologize for insults uttered the day before against him”. If the beginning of the party goes well, the alcohol helping, the tone ends up rising. Again, insults would have burst forth from knowledge. And this time, all those present are paying the price, “but more particularly you”, summarizes the president Marie-Cécile Dupuy to the address of the accused. “That’s when you go into the kitchen, to calm down. But you grab a kitchen knife. Why ? “” That’s the first thing that came. “
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30 days of ITT
There, things get carried away. The thirty-something returns to the living room and ends up threatening the victim by placing the blade against his chest, causing several wounds. “It was to scare him,” said the respondent. Then we fell, and it was planted. “For the president, this last statement is in contradiction with” the elements of the various declarations where there is no mention of this fall. “We were drunk,” explains the man.
In the end, the blade penetrated several centimeters into the victim’s thorax, causing a perforation of several millimeters in the lung. The injured will be issued a 30-day ITT. The thirty-something then contacted the authorities and the emergency services. “What emerges from the hearings is that no one maintains that you wanted to kill the victim, including the victim himself. However, this is what you tell the gendarmes when they arrive! », Emphasizes the president. “I never said that, me,” corrects the Sierckois.
For the deputy prosecutor Marie-Pierre Chateauvieux, “given the seriousness of the facts, the defendant could not avoid prison. »In the end, Sébastien Walter was sentenced to thirty months in prison, twelve of which were accompanied by a probationary suspension of two years as well as an obligation of care, work and compensation for the victim. He is also prohibited from holding a weapon for five years.
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