the damages to 5,000 euros
The Criminal Court of Monaco decides to suspend his driving license and condemns him to a fine of 1,000 euros.
It is 4 a.m. when the scene occurs on March 11. Obviously, it’s party time for this student who, after consuming gin and shots of Get 27 in a nightclub in the Principality, wants to take back his girlfriend’s Renault Twizy.
Except that, with more than 0.90 mg of alcohol per liter of exhaled air (knowing that the maximum authorized rate for driving is 0.25), the young person in his twenties no longer really has all his abilities. He hit a parked two-wheeler and the fall of the latter caused the tumble of 3 other two-wheelers by domino effect. The driver continues on his way, but the scene has not escaped the police will earn him an arrest a few meters away.
Even if the defendant has never been sentenced before, the Prosecutor strikes hard, so that it does not happen again, and requires 10 days of suspended prison sentence.
Avoid jail at all costs
At the hearing on December 6, his lawyer insisted: “This young man is devastated to have to compare. The electric car belonged to his girlfriend and it had to be recharged because the young woman was working the next day, which is why he did not return on foot. My client made a mistake, but behaved in an exemplary manner after the offense by compensating the victims… He paid the sum of 5,000 euros. A prison sentence on his criminal record could harm him in the future, especially when he is looking for a job. So please consider a fine. »
After deliberation, the court decides to go against the Public Prosecutor and the Monegasque gets away with a fine of 1,000 euros. His license is still suspended for 4 months.