The judgment of the court of appeal having been partially broken in October 2024, the magistrates once again examined the file and have just made their decision only concerning the case of the father, who refrained from helping the children who were mistreated. In this home, insults and physical violence were common. The victims were, among others, forced to stay on their knees in the air or on the head for long minutes. They also had to copy the same words several hundred times. Their mother made them take cold showers. Two of the little girls were forced to eat a spoon of soap. The mother had put the head of one of her daughters in a bag of chips that contained animal excrement. Facts committed without the father ending. The Court estimated that a work penalty was not adequate to sanction the inaction of the father which allowed the abuse to last.
The magistrates have notably taken into account the “Particularly traumatic character of the actions suffered by young victims, over a long period, because of his abstention.” The magistrates also mentioned the absence of a judicial history of the sixty -year -old, with the exception of a driving fact.
“In this case, any other sanction or measured measure appears inadequate given the curative and dissuasive effect sought, being imperative to stem any risk of recurrence and to convince him to continue the education of the youngest of his children without recourse to violence, while providing them with the supervision they need”noted the magistrates.
The Court considered that a 10 -month imprisonment penalty was an adequate sentence and decided to grant the three -year stay to the defendant who fulfilled the legal conditions to benefit from it.
