The driver collects arrests. He chained three in 2021. On March 29, he was checked in Trémery, he submitted to alcohol and drug screening. He is positive for cannabis and cocaine. His license was revoked.
Two months later, on May 24, another roadside check. Its dipped headlights are defective and attract the attention of a patrol in Moyeuvre-Grande. At the time, the covid pandemic imposed an evening curfew. Not only does he circulate without a certificate, but he is not allowed to drive either. The driver, in his forties, certifies that he did not receive the letter from the prefect notifying the suspension of his license. Without success.
On July 22, the third control gets tougher. He passes a customs car which orders him to stop at Talange. He slows down and then finally decides not to obey. He accelerates, brushes the car of the customs officers and rushes. He takes a roundabout in the opposite direction, he doubles, zigzags and crashes into the gate of a house in Hagondange. The car is destroyed. The portal too. The man has not been drinking but he is still under the influence of narcotics. He drove because he thought his license suspension was lifted.
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Salt addition
These three episodes grouped together earned him a summons before the criminal court of Thionville. He already knows the place but he did not come to attend his trial on Tuesday. His criminal record has twenty mentions. One of the last dates from 2019, he had also refused to submit to a check by the authorities. “His problem is narcotics”, summarizes his advice Me Becker. The defendant has been drinking it for about twenty years. “His convictions are still related to that. The lawyer recalls that he allowed himself to be checked in March and May and that the consequences of his flight in July are only material. The 40-year-old suffers from psychiatric disorders and only receives the disabled adult allowance.
The court canceled his license this time and forbade him to take it again for six months. He sentences him to six months in prison and sends him back to the sentencing judge to study the adjustment of the sanction. Finally, the addition will be salty. He will have to pay a customs fine of 500 euros for having opposed the agents, two traffic tickets (200 euros in total) and a PV of 35 euros for having circulated without a certificate despite the imposed curfew. by covid. On the civil side, the court orders him to pay 1,300 euros to the inhabitants who had to repair the broken fence at the end of his crazy race.
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