He had decided to correct his child's errors in his own way, without being a role model himself.
A 31-year-old man considered "a robber and a trafficker, extremely impulsive" by the police, was brought to the Versailles courthouse and then detained.
He is suspected of having, several months ago in Meulan-en-Yvelines, tied his 13-year-old son to his bed to punish him… of having been summoned by the police.
It was last summer that the teenager told the foster family he was staying with that before arriving there, his father had tied him to his bed with plastic ties.
The reason for this punishment: suspected of having committed an offense, the boy had just been heard at the police station.
A "dangerous" man
At the end of last week, the Mureaux police officers, supported by their colleagues from the Raid, the intervention unit of the national police, invaded the apartment of this man "already known for theft with a weapon and drug trafficking", specifies a source close to the case, and, in this sense, assessed as "dangerous".
His name had already hit the headlines for having in 2010 at the prison in Le Havre (Seine-Maritime), participated in a juicy traffic in cannabis and cell phones.
He ensures that the statements of the teenager are "imaginary"
The men of the Raid broke the door before calling this man of Norman origin without any difficulty.
During the search, the security forces got hold of ten cannabis herb plants as well as resin weighing and cutting equipment.
They also seized a hammer, a telescopic baton and a balaclava and arrested the partner of the thirty-something.
The duo were taken into custody at the Mureaux police station.
The man as well as the woman denied everything altogether, believing that the statements of the teenager were completely imaginary.
Together, they had two other children, who were also placed by the Versailles prosecutor's office to ensure their safety.
This Monday, their trial was postponed until January 21.
In the meantime, the father is kept in detention while his partner remains at liberty under judicial supervision.
The latter will only be tried for possession of narcotics.