Behind the plexiglass protection just installed, the defendant advances, feverishly. During her time in front of the Thionville criminal court, this Wednesday, August 12, the daughter of the victim sees the last ten years of her life unfold. President Vincent Rouvre recalls his first conviction for violence against his mother, in 2008. His depression for several years. The fact that her mother accommodates her in the family home in Mondelange, where the climate is not good, when the daughter takes refuge in alcohol, when she has “a problem, overwhelmed by events”.
That day, at the beginning of August, her three drinks consumed made her switch to her dark side. “I’m going to slaughter you, die you” At the mention of these words, spoken in front of her niece on the day of the facts and confirmed during the hearing, the defendant burst into tears. Hands crossed, she lets go: “Mom, it’s serious. I’m going to medicate myself for alcohol. The atmosphere is heavy.
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“When she drinks, all the locks jump”
Not a single exchange of glances. The president evokes the medical certificate, the blues, the five days of ITT, the recording of the niece who indicates a climate of violence. The brother of the accused recounts the daily life of the mother, “who lives in fear of [sa] sister. When she drinks, all the locks jump ”. In his indictment, the deputy prosecutor recalls the three months suspended sentence that fell in 2018, for similar facts, and requests six months of imprisonment with the probationary suspension of three years, with a ban on appearing at the mother’s home, and obligations: to care for alcohol, and to work. A quantum of sentence adapted according to the defense lawyer, and ultimately by the court.
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