Hervé Glezgo thought he was living his last hours.
In wanting to help his neighbors, the young mayor of Bazincourt-sur-Epte, a town in Eure near Oise, found himself a victim in turn.
The facts took place on the evening of Tuesday, June 28.
Several members of Hervé Glezgo's neighboring family are on their doorstep.
A 4x4 then passes at full speed, without taking into account the speed limit of 30 km/h in this street.
The neighbor of the mayor shouts at the motorist and will then produce a series of attacks of rare violence.
"The driver stops, gets off and starts hitting everyone," says the mayor.
My neighbor, who manages to defend himself, receives two punches.
The brother-in-law intervenes, gets beaten up in turn”.
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Alerted by the cries and calls for help from his neighbors, the mayor of Bazincourt-sur-Epte leaves his home, preceded by his wife.
“The individual was back in his 4x4.
My wife tried to block her way, her foot went under the wheel of the car.
Seeing two women on the ground, the mayor calls out to the individual, gives his identity, "thinking that would stop him".
Quite the contrary: “the man makes three small accelerations and at the last, he hits me”.
Hervé Glezgo falls backwards, his skull hits the ground.
The elected official claims to have then heard his attacker say to him: “I know that you are mayor”.
Hervé Glezgo, he will not recognize his attacker until well after: “A resident of the town against whom I have already filed a complaint for nocturnal noise.
“Did he attack me because I am the mayor?
He wonders now.
The question remains unresolved.
In any case, he assaulted me knowingly.
Sentenced in immediate appearance
The 22-year-old man was sentenced by the Evreux court, in immediate appearance, Friday July 1, to 11 months in prison, including 7 months in prison.
He is now forbidden to come into contact with the victims.
A conviction "which reassures us, which confirms the status of victim", according to the mayor, who is back in town hall, where he officiates full time.
The mayor and his neighbors must now bear the physical consequences of this attack: “I have a photo of my neighbor's brother-in-law with his face bleeding.
There is even suspicion of retinal detachment.
My neighbor has a torn eardrum.
My wife also needs to see a surgeon.
Personally, I was again at the doctor's office this morning for very strong headaches.
“Not to mention the psychological trauma:” My wife is a municipal police officer and yet, she has never seen this, she decided to go see a psychologist.
I receive a lot of support from institutional representatives but for my neighbors who don't have all these testimonies, it's very hard”.
In 2021, the city councilor had already been assaulted when he tried to stop the rodeo of a motocross.
The elected official alerts on the issue of speeding, "extremely difficult to manage for a small town of 750 inhabitants which has already invested 60,000 euros over two years in speed bumps, islands, educational radars...".
A letter was sent to the prefecture, asking for new road checks in the town.
