Drunk, the repeat offender hits, injures, spits and insults the police officers who came to bring him assistance in Monaco
An incrimination focused the attention of the magistrates and lawyers present at the perfume hearing on Monday. That of violence Coupled with offensive remarks, rebellion, spitting, blows… for four officials who came to assist a tipsy and excited young man. Until degrading their company vehicle.
On Friday September 2, this Monegasque, overtaken by multiple family problems, tackled La Rascasse with a group of people to forget his torments for a moment. But the excess of drinks rather aggravated his present misery.
Around 3 am, in fact, the security service expelled him from the night establishment at Port Hercule after an altercation with a client and alerted the Public Security. A simple exchange of glares, for no apparent reason, had been enough to injure his hands and inflicted lesions on the injured cervical vertebrae. Arrived handcuffed at the hearing, the defendant has no memory of his unpleasant behavior. However, he did not contest the alleged offenses. President Jérôme Fougeras Lavergnolle remained attentive to the smallest detail throughout the investigation of the case.
“We had to justify the emergency procedure”
“The victim was hospitalized with three days of ITT. The cameras confirmed your sudden anger and witnesses said that you had violently pushed him to the ground. When two police officers intervened to subdue you and take you to the CHPG, you spat on them and headbutted them. Admittedly, you thought you were so drunk that at 11 a.m., you still had a level of 0.75 mg/l. Why such an outburst of violence?”
In the box, this character looking for a job does not recognize any excuse, apart from a harmful state of drunkenness and a deep affliction caused by a painful family climate. What about the victims’ version? In turn, the officials attested to the defendant’s contempt.
“We had to justify the emergency procedure. It was a salvo of insults, blows, jets of saliva, impetuous resistancewe note in the accounts of the humiliated police officers. The individual had even broken the back door of our vehicle with kicks. Despite the reinforcements, with six agents and four cars, it was far from enough to calm him down. We had to call the fire department…”
The president will learn nothing more from the defendant who contented himself with a tedious formula: “I don’t know what got into me!”
“The obligation of care is useless”
His Monegasque criminal record is however more talkative. “You started your criminal journey at 16, a magistrate’s statement. Narcotics, violence, drug consumption provoked comparisons before this same court accompanied, five months of detention. Why aren’t you working?”
The young man well candidate for various positions. But each time received an understandable refusal because of his background.
Voice of the civil parties, Me Hervé Campana preferred to make it short and salute the professionalism of the victims in the face of the irritation and excitement of a man whom he considered guilty from the outset. “My clients put their safety at risk in order to protect the defendant. His offenses are very serious and all have suffered significant damage.”
For the most affected brigadier, the sum of 1,800 euros is claimed. For the other three applicants, 1,000 euros each. The consumer taken to task at La Rascasse, still wearing a neck brace, after a quick calculation of his days of absence with his employer, mobilized an amount of 400 euros.
On the prosecution side, the replacement Emmanuelle Carniello stuck to the seriousness of the facts. “Ordinary mortals should not perform such acts. We don’t destroy! Especially since this is not the first time and these inadmissible offenses are going crescendo, with the aggravating circumstances of alcohol. He’s a delinquent! He had all the cards in hand with the assistance and monitoring measures from his previous sentence. Mandatory care is useless. I request six months firm and the revocation of the current period of the freedom of test.
What does the defense think? His client wouldn’t get a bad press…
“His locker sticks to his skin”
“He’s even a nice boy far from being stupidaccording to Me Clyde Billaud in his argument. But he has a knack for doing anything, because his locker sticks to his skin. No doubt about his responsibility: he has exceeded the limits and he will be sanctioned. But don’t let him celebrate his 25th birthday in prison. He has no problem with the Public Safety. So, is six months a worthwhile sentence? Instead, base your decision on the interests of the general work and the continuation of the duty of care. For the compensation of the civil parties, we will stick to your wisdom.”
If the court has divided the public prosecutor’s requisitions in half and revoked the three-month reprieve, the Monegasque will spend his next one hundred and eighty days in a cell. He will also have to pay a global sum of €4,300 to the civil parties.