“But what’s your mind?”storm the president. “”I’m not going to do this anymore “let go of the defendant. “”This is not the first time “asserts the magistrate. “”I know”Yvan replies in a barely audible voice.
Following the removal of a teenager, Billy’s attempts to resume the right path did not convince the judges: “I really made efforts”
“What are you saying about these photos?”
The judge asked him to approach the court. The defendant executed, supervised by three police officers. The magistrate wants to put certain photos of the backrest under the eyes. They are in color. “”Is this baby your son? Yes ! And he was there when you hit Madame! “ The victim has a swollen face. The upper lip is split. The left cheekbone is so swollen that it raises the eyelid. “”What are you saying about these documents? “ Yvan lowers his head, starts to cry. The president continues: “What should the court do with someone like you? “ Silence. “You can return to you. “
The prosecutor details the facts. When the police, called by a neighbor, land in the middle of the night, they find a woman in the street who fled her home barefoot. She holds a baby in her arms just wearing a pampers. She received his spouses – he did not touch the little one. There are previous ones. She fears for her life.
After the disappearance of high -value rings and pins, the household aid was quickly suspected
Some mugs “and it’s fucked up”
That night, Yvan is also violent with the police. He seeks confrontation. He spits on them, gives a knee in the belly of an inspector, tries to bite another. During his hearing, he explains that he went to drink a beer “or four or ten “ – He no longer knows – after work. When there was an argument. The young man is placed under arrest warrant.
If the defendant has a virgin criminal record, there are many police intervention sheets for domestic violence. The prosecutor demands a sentence of two years in prison without opposing a probationary stay with several conditions to respect: undergoing training at Praxis (an ASBL which does a work of empowerment with the perpetrators of intra -family violence) and managing his alcohol problem.
A traveler without tickets in the Brussels metro bite wildly an arm controller
Yvan’s lawyer supports: It is only under the effect of alcohol that his client becomes violent. If as the day of the facts, he takes some mugs after work, “That’s fucked up”. The defendant has poor alcohol tolerance that generates a total loss of bearings in him. “”I had already shown him these photos in Tournai prison. He needed to see them to realize what he does when he drinks. “ To understand that in his household at three, alcohol is the intruder.
It will be difficult to return your mouth in the heart …
What to do with him? “”Put it in a cell and throw the key to forget, it is useless “chants the lawyer. We must impose conditions for him. It pleads for a probationary suspension (pronounced) with a long test delay, 5 years for example. The difference with the sentence claimed by the prosecution? There will be no trace in her criminal record, virgin so far. This device will be as strict as a suspended sentence, she says. If the young man comes out of the nails during the test period, this can lead to a revocation of the probationary suspension. “”It would then be difficult for me to come back to your mouth in heart. “ If necessary, Yvan could even receive heavier sentence than the two -year -old suspended sentence required by the public prosecutor.
Strict medical follow -up
Above all, a probationary suspension will not be an obstacle on the professional career of the accused. When you have a locker, it’s very hard to get work. Yvan will be able to keep his work in the building. His lawyer took the lead and contacted her current employer. “He was understanding. It may be someone who has also been in trouble in the past. I told him that my client could not reintegrate the marital home when I left prison. He replied that he could provide him with a company of a company building, which is in ASSE. Monsieur will not return to Brussels anymore. He will no longer have contacts with Madame.”
It will also be necessary to ensure strict medical follow -up to treat your addiction. “”When we have put the stranger outside, everything will be fine “, wants to believe defense. “In this three -way household, alcohol was the intruder.”
The judgment will be pronounced at the end of August.
