Eighteen months in prison and the withdrawal of parental authority were requested on Thursday March 14 on appeal in Metz against a police officer, a sentence already handed down at first instance for violence against his ex-wife and his two children.
A judicial investigation was also opened by the Thionville (Moselle) public prosecutor's office for alleged acts of rape allegedly committed by Yves Milla, former major in the border police (PAF) on his ex-wife, announced the lawyer General, Lucille Bancarel, during a hearing which lasted nearly seven and a half hours.
The Court of Appeal will deliver its judgment on April 18 at 2:00 p.m.
The acts of domestic violence for which Yves Milla is being prosecuted range from October 2016 to April 2018. They are
“proven”
, concluded the magistrate, and
“all the more unforgivable since he is a police officer”
supposed
to “ensure the protection of others”
but who acts
“in his private sphere like the lowest of criminals”
.
She requested confirmation of the sentence handed down in July 2023 by the Thionville criminal court: 18 months in prison with a two-year probationary suspension as well as the withdrawal of parental authority.
She also requested that an anti-reconciliation bracelet be placed on the defendant.
Asked by President Véronique Geoffroy about this possibility, his ex-wife, Véronique, 44, acquiesced.
Already equipped with a serious danger telephone, the forty-year-old, who detailed at length, in tears, the physical and psychological violence allegedly inflicted on her by her former husband, from whom she divorced at the end of 2017, explained that she
was still afraid when she returned home on evening"
.
“We don’t treat a pervert”
The Advocate General, on the other hand, gave up requesting confirmation of an obligation of care:
“We do not treat a pervert
,” she said, relying on the conclusions of the psychiatrist who, however, did not hear Yves Milla.
The latter had in fact chosen to remain silent in front of the expert, as during his custody.
Sky blue shirt, black pants and short hair, the major, currently stationed at the Directorate of Human Resources, Finance and Support (DRHFS) of the national police, “entirely”
refuted
the alleged facts, only conceding a
“rough upbringing and strict with
(her)
sons”
, such as pulling their hair
“from time to time”
.
His lawyer, François Battle, pleaded for acquittal, pointing out the
“profound uncertainties”
of the case and calling on the court
“not to eliminate a man from his personal and professional life”
.