Miscellaneous – Justice | Marseille: the agitated of the hospital jar had ended up in police custody
Alcoholic but hospitalized, Mahmoud, 37, behaved badly on March 8, 2021, in the middle of Covid, with the medical staff of the North hospital. Spitting, insults, threats… A crew from the Bac Nord had been dispatched to the scene but the individual had not calmed down. He had even redoubled his insults towards the police, who had to face an unleashing of violence. It was because the man was convinced that his keys had been stolen and that the hospital guard had something to do with it.
The scene had been of such rare violence that the nursing staff had even offered the police officers FFP2 masks to protect themselves… Suffice to say that Mahmoud had to appear before the Marseille criminal court to answer for “rebellion, outrage and threats “. Addressing the defendant, prosecutor Dominique Laurens described as“unavoidable” this situation, where “you manage to turn against those who are there to treat you”. A scenario that the staff of the North hospital experience almost every day, driven by a rare faith in their profession. The prosecutor therefore claimed against him 18 months in prison accompanied by a probationary suspension reinforced over 3 years with the obligation of care, work and compensation for the police officers on whom he persisted. His lawyer pleaded misunderstanding, while promising “a new life” of his client in Paris. The court followed the requisitions in their entirety. The respondent will also have to pay €200 to each of the four police officers in compensation for their moral damage.