Wednesday, December 16 opens in Dijon the trial of the alleged aggressor of Mary-Claude Thurillat. The end of 3 years of proceedings. The mayor of Bagnot also wishes to alert on the increase in attacks on elected officials.
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After two postponements, notably linked to Covid-19, the trial of the alleged aggressor of the mayor of Bagnot is due to start on December 16 at the Dijon Criminal Court. In 2018, a couple attacked the mayor of the town, located between Dijon and Beaune.
The reason: a repair of a rental apartment door deemed too late by its two occupants. First, there are insults. The woman comes to the town hall to complain, to insult the chosen one. Then there is the beginning of a physical attack. The locality fails to slap the mayor of Bagnot. It is then his companion, called in for reinforcement, who in turn insults Mary-Claude Thurillat. Three months later, this same alleged attacker returns this time to the home of the chosen one. This man insults her again. The elected recounted this attack last September, during a visit by the Minister of Justice in Dijon, partly devoted to the subject of violence against elected officials.
The couple’s companion was fined 600 euros in 2019. It is now his former companion’s turn to be tried.
We must learn from the outrages launched against mayors and elected officials
The hope of awareness
From this trial, Mary-Claude Thurillat expects a ” awareness General.
« We must know that we all have rights, but also duties of citizenship », Proclaims the elected official. For the mayor of Bagnot, it was too much aggression. It has been almost three years since she was ” internally eaten away “. Her anger is far behind her, but the memory of these attacks that began in January 2018 is lingering. This is why Mary-Claude Thurillat eagerly awaits the trial of this second assailant.
According to the elected, it must be used to bring together ” senators, the Association of Mayors of France, the departments, and the Community of Communes Val-de-Saône Saint Jean de Losne “. In 2019, several of these actors were already present at the trial of the first attacker. Today, Mary-Claude Thurillat hopes for more support. The trial must also ensure that ” learn from the outrages launched against mayors and elected officials », According to the city councilor.
Recognition of victim status
The second expectation of the mayor of Bagnot is ” may the court recognize me as a victim, in this case “. This is an important step, for the one who was elected a fourth time, in May 2020: ” if I represented myself last March, it is among other things to go to the end of this hearing, because I spent a lot of time on this file “. So much time wasted, to the detriment of the costs incumbent upon him and for his municipality. A municipality to which will go the possible damages, since it indicates not to wait ” no personal interest », At the end of the verdict.
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