“With an exceptional health crisis, exceptional pleading,” announces the duty counsel. Me Charou Anandappane did not plead for the release of his client. Because the latter, visibly anxious, did not want it.
Monday, he was brought before the Thionville criminal court in immediate appearance. His file had been dismissed for the first time following the lawyers’ strike. He has been in pre-trial detention for over a month pending trial.
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An already full locker
He was tried by videoconference from the remand prison, as a precaution, because of the epidemic of Covid-19. But he made it clear to his counsel, then to the court, that he did not want to get out of prison, not knowing what awaited him outside. The 34-year-old defendant is ill and suffering from addictions. He is followed in detention.
This time, he appeared for alcohol theft committed on the Norma shelves in Sierck-les-Bains on January 18 and February 15. He had also insulted the gendarmes who had overpowered him.
Except that it was not the first time that he had attacked the authorities. He was a repeat offender. His locker also has several mentions for other facts. The 30-year-old was released from prison in late December.
On Monday, the Thionville court revoked part of the stay it had above the head, for two months. He also sentenced him to six months firm for the latest thefts. In accordance with the prosecutor’s requisitions, which the defense lawyer, to say the least, bewildered, did not oppose. Once is not custom.
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