The author struck with a pickaxe handle before taking refuge in his home
It’s… a piece of furniture which is at the origin of a surreal scene which took place in Jemeppe-sur-Sambre on June 2, 2019 around 3 p.m. When the daughter of David’s ex-girlfriend (assumed name) shows up with her partner and a friend to retrieve the item some time after their separation, things go wrong. The defendant was to respond this Monday to the prevention of bodily injury to the 3 people who came to his home, greeted by an explicit sign placed on the furniture: “Do not touch on pain of death“.
“Lies, I formally deny“, David says to the court. “Quite the opposite, it was I who was beaten. I had to be sutured on the head, the paramedics told me that you could see the bone.“As proof, David brandishes the bloody briefs and shorts he wore that day before the eyes of the president who did not ask for so much.
If the first moments of the scene remain unclear, David subsequently struck pickpicks to his 3 victims and grabbed the young woman by the throat, before breaking the windows and mirrors of the vehicle that was going to be used for moving. He then locked himself in his home from where he must have been dislodged by the police, who was outraged and against whom he rebelled.
From the start, things started badly. “Blood will flow soon“, had sent the defendant by sms to his ex when finalizing preparations for the move. “The blood has spilled“he told him after the scene. The Namur prosecution is demanding a sentence of 8 months in prison, without opposing a probationary stay including training in violence management.
David’s lawyer recalls that there were blows on both sides. He is pleading for an independent probation sentence for his client.
Judgment on February 3.
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