The days that pass and look alike in a jail, this father from Metz knows them too well. Before this umpteenth presentation before a judge, this Thursday 20 in Thionville, the thirty-year-old totaled 257 months in prison. Or 21 years behind bars, obviously not all purged in their entirety, but still. Violence, narcotics, theft, damage, driving without a license and under the influence of alcohol… The defendant tried this time for acts of car theft, without a license, all drunk, with a refusal to comply as a legal recidivism , in Nilvange, feels like his lawyer that the leniency of the jurisdiction will not be on the agenda.
Add to this picture, on the day of his trial, his tendency to minimize the consequences of his behavior on the evening when he was driving at high speed to escape the police. And here are the effects of his defense reduced to a trickle.
From the outset, President Alexandre Gantois scrapped with the Mondelangeois. “That evening, a couple you tried to steal from in Hayange surprised you and called the police. You then go to Algrange, where you steal a Jeep vehicle. The police are after you. You drive fast, very drunk; you lose control of the car in Nilvange, and end up on the roof, after driving down a low wall and mowing down street furniture. Do you realize how dangerous your behavior is? »
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“I don’t drink all the time, but when I drink, I drink a lot”
Answer of the interested party: “I don’t drink all the time but when I drink, I drink a lot. That evening, I did not hear the sirens but I saw the flashing lights. I admit the hit-and-run […] I did not kill, and I almost stayed there! »
The civil parties are agitated on the benches of the room. From the top of his seat, the representative of the public prosecutor fulminates. The prosecutor Ludovic Louet claims against the repeat offender 24 months in prison with a warrant, a driving ban for one year accompanied by the condition of equipping a vehicle with an immobilizer system and a fine of €100.
The court followed. A hearing on civil interests to come will rule on the amount of the damages of the victims.
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