When Jimmy Fournelle, 39, enters the box of defendants of Senlis judicial courtat the start of this afternoon of April 14, to answer for violence and threats committed against gendarmesthe 30 -year -old seems to be shot down by the charges that weigh against him.
“I don’t like cops …”
It must be judged as part of a immediate appearance For these facts which took place on April 12 in Balagny-sur-Thérain In his mother’s house: the theater of a complicated intervention by the soldiers of the intervention platoon of the national gendarmerie who are engaged for a different family.
As soon as they arrived, the investigators are “welcomed” by Jimmy Fournelle who has a knife in his hand and multiplies the insults: “I will fuck your mother, a bunch of whore, get out! I don’t like the cops, I swear to God that it will not be me dead … “finally mastered after several round trips between the home and the garden, he is placed in police custody and his mother who is heard, says that his son is depressed and strongly alcoholic.
In front of the judges, Jimmy Fournelle first apologizes to the gendarmes and says he does not remember anything: “I do not know why it happened …” Relatives of the respondent also testified by saying that he could be mean when he was alcoholic.
“Contact was impossible with him …”
A gendarme which was present at the scene underlines the difficulties he encountered during this operation: “Contact was impossible with him. He took refuge in the house, he took a knife in a drawer and he started to threaten us with death. A few minutes later, it came out with two knives. After 20 minutes, he calmed down a bit and we were able to handcuff him when he smoked a cigarette… “
A testimony that the defendant does not dispute: “I have nothing against the gendarmes but when I drink, I can have a crisis of delirium …” Convicted several times for aggravated flights and outrages on people depositaries of public authority, he declares that he has been drinking since the age of 16 and that he also consumes cannabis and cocaine.
“You have to help me …”
The Public Prosecutor requires a sentence of 15 months in prison, 6 months of which have a probationary stay and keeping in detention for the remaining 9 months: “These threats took place for a very long time, he broke everything in his parents’ house by abjuring the gendarmes. I do not see any manifest change in relation to its past … “
Maître Marc Sadoudi who ensures the defense of Jimmy Fournelle, hopes that his customer will be treated for his addictions: “Memory loss cannot excuse everything. He is very family and the death of his father was a real shock for him. Since then, he has been drinking more than reason and medical care has appeared more than necessary … “
A wish shared by the defendant: “You have to help me so that I can get out of this hell …”
After having deliberated, the Senlis judges imposed a sentence of 15 months in prison, 9 months of which have a probationary stay and its continued detention for the surplus.
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