The LFI deputy was sentenced on Tuesday as part of an appearance on prior recognition of guilt, “for violence without incapacity committed by spouse” between October and December 2021, as well as for “regular and malicious sending of messages “Between August and September 2022.
by Alexandre Lenoir
Judged in Lille, Tuesday, December 13, for violence against his wife, the deputy (La France Insoumise, LFI) was sentenced to four months suspended prison. Three minutes to decide the closed door, five minutes to make the decision, then three minutes of declaration by Adrien Quatennens lawyer, M e Jade Dousselin. The many journalists present this Tuesday morning at the Lille judicial court were for their expense.
After a half -hour hearing, without public, in the semi -pennomber of room F of the courthouse -usually devolved to immediate appearances -Céline and Adrien Quatennens listened to standing, without flinching , the judge’s decision: four months suspended prison sentence and 2,000 euros in damages under moral damage. At the beginning of the morning, the prosecutor’s sentence proposal, carried out as part of an appearance on prior recognition of guilt – sometimes qualified to plead guilty of French – had been accepted by Adrien Quatennens. The Lille deputy is condemned “for violence without incapacity committed by spouse” between October and December 2021, as well as for “regular and malicious sending of messages” between August and September 2022.
After the judgment statement, Céline and Adrien Quatennens each left on their side. Without a look for each other. Now begins for them the long journey of the modalities of their separation. A new judicial marathon, not necessarily less trying, but certainly more discreet.
“a solemn warning”
About a good fifty journalists were present on Tuesday at the courthouse. Half an hour before the judge’s decision, Adrien Quatennens’ lawyer had asked for a closed door, in order to “ensure the serenity of the debates” and “to prevent the press from the game in a case who has already made a stir “.
After the judgment, at the exit of the courtroom, M e Jade Dousselin indicated that “the prosecutor conducted a very advanced investigation capable of restoring certain truths: Adrien Quatennens n ‘Is not guilty of repeated violence. He is not guilty of harassment either. The penalty is a solemn warning from the prosecutor. It does not prevent Adrien Quatennens from returning to the National Assembly. “A few hours Later, the parliamentary group LFI-Nouvelle Union Populaire Ecologique et Socia announced in a press release “a temporary radiation from the parliamentary group for a period of four months” against it.
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