“In his position and his experience, the accused knew that the use of weapons was not left to everyone’s good will; he could easily have avoided his error. ”The Cantonal Court (TC) dismisses the appeal of Jean-Marie Bornet, against his suspended sentence of 7 fine days.
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The former spokesperson for the Valais police should not have loaned one of his pistols to a loved one, between February and August 2015. The law provides that one who makes a weapon available to a third party must ensure that the latter has the necessary authorization.
However, qualifying the fault as “light”, the TC did not increase Jean-Marie Bornet’s sentence to 20 suspended day fines and a fine of 800 francs, as requested by the Public Prosecutor.
This judgment can be challenged before the Federal Court. The ex-officer’s lawyer Beatrice Pilloud says the decision has not yet been made. “The Public Prosecutor will not, in principle, have recourse,” informs for his part the Attorney General Nicolas Dubuis.
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