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Miscellaneous – Justice | Death threats in high school: the assistant principal at the helm

“I’m going to come back with my Famas, I kill them, I shoot them all. “These words earned a summons before the criminal court to the deputy headmaster of the Hélène-Boucher high school in Thionville on Wednesday. They would have been pronounced on May 12, at the exit of the confinement, in the enclosure of the establishment. The alleged perpetrator recognizes them. “I came out with an awkward sentence,” he concedes. “These are death threats”, corrects the president of the court.

The official guarantees that he was annoyed, that he spoke “in the cantonade” at the secretariat counter and that he was not talking to his colleague who nevertheless lodged a complaint. She maintains that the threats were made in her office, she describes agitated behavior, inconsistent comments. “He was on a loop,” she says. She got scared. She also asked for her transfer to the other end of France.

Professional appreciated

No matter where the words were said, the defendant apologized the day after the incident. His lawyer, Me Matuszak, portrays a man under pressure, overworked after a long period of managing from a distance. He evokes exchanges between teachers who would have implicated his client and that the latter would not have supported. Above all, he brandishes the excellent ratings of his hierarchy as well as certificates which salute his commitment and probity. In addition to this, you need to know more about it.

“On May 12, his words exceeded his thought”, summarizes his advice. Several teachers made the trip to show their support for the hearing.

A fine

The defense lawyer wonders especially about the need to involve the Raid at home … three days later to question him. Psychiatric expertise attests to an absence of disturbances, of dangerousness.

The official has already been suspended for four months. And the administrative sanction has just been coupled with a judicial sanction. The public prosecutor had requested five months of suspended probation, accompanied by an obligation of care as well as a prohibition of contact with the victim and of possessing a weapon.

The court finally pronounced a penalty of 60 day-fines at 7 euros (or 420 euros). It authorizes the non-registration of the conviction in the criminal record. Finally, the accused will have to pay 500 euros in damages to the victim.


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