Le Figaro Bordeaux
He obviously couldn't stand the waiting time at the hospital.
This Wednesday, a 25-year-old Algerian was tried at the Bordeaux court as part of an immediate appearance.
On December 29, 2023, at the end of the day, he went to the emergency department of the Bordeaux University Hospital, drunk and complaining of knee pain, then violently threatened the staff.
“He fell asleep in the box and woke up in the early evening to complain about the length of the treatment, he got angry and ended up threatening the agents and in particular a person at reception to cut off his head
,” explains Maître Guillaume Sapata, the lawyer for the two hospital agents concerned.
According to him, the facts alleged by the defendant at the establishment were also unfounded, because doctors allegedly came to see him while he was sleeping.
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“Come back tomorrow to kill you all”
During the hearing, the prosecutor recalled that the remarks made, planning to
"come back tomorrow to kill you all"
and to
"cut off your heads"
, very frightened the administrative agent and the nurse thus threatened, according to the story of
South West
.
Their absence in court on Wednesday was also linked to this fear
“that their faces would be remembered by this individual”,
explains their lawyer to Le
Figaro.
In view of the defendant's six convictions in three years, and he having already been sentenced at the start of the year to one year in prison for acts of violence, the prosecutor requested eight months in prison.
The court finally sentenced him to five months in prison with a committal warrant.
Although he clarified before the judge that he was unemployed, he will also have to compensate the two victims to the tune of 400 and 800 euros.