He insults, degrades his cell and makes death threats against the staff of the Monaco prison: a young prisoner deemed irresponsible
The decision of the Monaco Criminal Court confirmed the temporary irresponsibility of a prison inmate. He was accused of several offenses committed on September 2 and 7, 2022. Mainly violence and insults against prison guards. For no apparent reason, this character insulted supervisors and even spat in their faces.
Already, on June 8, addicted to drugs because of drug abuse, he had outraged a prison officer, uttered death threats to the nurse and degraded his cell. But he had not had the chance to be declared irresponsible, since this same court had sentenced him to four additional months.
He is a real troublemaker with a frightening reputation if we refer to the words of President Florestan Bellinzona during the investigation of the case. “This individual has been in custody for quite some time. And how many times he caused problems in the prison! In this umpteenth case, a psychiatric expertise was requested to determine his criminal responsibility. According to recent documents, this young man of 28 years would not be accessible to a criminal sanction.
“Don’t Keep You Waiting”
The decision disappointed the civil party. Me Christophe Sosso, counsel for the plaintiffs, seems to be calculating the announcement of the judgment. “Don’t be left waiting. This prisoner is someone intelligent and whose drug use is permanent. There is nothing incoherent or demented in his head. He always stole in order to live. There is logic in his behavior. It must be judged because it is accessible to a penal sanction. It is unacceptable his way of humiliating, of offending prison guards. Do not pass up this demeaning way of belittling law enforcement officers in the course of their service.”
The prosecution demonstrated an obvious truth by recalling some successful arguments. “According to the expert, if he sticks to his treatment, the defendant is consistent, summarized the first substitute Valérie Sagné. Precisely, refusing to follow the therapy, putting him in an attitude of unconsciousness. This thoughtlessness, caused by the deliberate concealment of his medication, causes an aggravating situation of the offence. The defense wanted to sweep away all indisputable evidence of guilt by pleading mental disorder and schizophrenia (incarcerated on May 26, for thefts committed on January 4 and 11, 2022, the defendant had been sentenced to four months’ imprisonment. Sentence doubled by his conviction of June 8, ed).
“My client is sufferingMe Grégoire Gamerdinger recalled in a heartbreaking voice. It is not accessible to a criminal sanction and on this point I trust the expert. Certainly, when the prisoner does not take his medication, he is mentally ill. So there’s no need to extend your arm-length locker. You have to be very careful with your suicidal thoughts…”
At the end of the deliberations, the magistrate fixed the gaze of the accused in the box. “Your behavior is unacceptable. But on the date mentioned, you have deemed it irresponsible. However, beware of the next offense, because, as of today, your condition has stabilized.”