Six months of suspended prison sentence were required Wednesday against a biker of the national police, tried in correctional in Angers for violence on three motorists.
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Aged 51, this Angevin police officer from urban motorcycling training (FMU), with exemplary service records, was prosecuted for violence by a person holding public authority.
In November 2019, May 2020 and June 2020, bikers from the national police, including the defendant, checked drivers who had committed a traffic violation.
These interventions escalated and led to police violence, according to the prosecution and the complainants.
The prosecutor of the Republic of Angers, Éric Bouillard, requested a six-month suspended prison sentence.
The magistrate considered that the police officer had, in each case, made an illegitimate and disproportionate use of force.
Pointing out the similarities between the three cases, Mr. Bouillard requested a six-month suspended prison sentence.
"
You have greatly exceeded the limits of reason,
" said the prosecutor, addressing the police.
In defense, Pascal Rouiller considered that his client had used force in an “
appropriate
” and “
justified
” manner in situations described as “
dangerous
” and in the face of “
belligerent
”
attitudes
.
Two of the disputed interventions took place in so-called sensitive areas of Angers.
Insisting on the “
exceptional
”
career
of his client, the lawyer pointed out that in two of the three proceedings, the IGPN found a legitimate use of force.
Me Rouiller pleaded for the release of the police officer.
The court will render its decision on March 3.