An 8-year-old boy threatened to stab his mistress and police officers on Friday March 22 at the Saint-Charles private elementary school in Saint-Étienne (Loire),
Le Figaro
learned from a police source.
Warned of these threats by the CE2 teacher, herself warned by students, the school principal immediately went to the classroom shortly before 9 a.m.
She then discovered two steak knives in the little boy's schoolbag.
No prosecution
The child, under treatment following previous violent behavior, was excluded from the establishment and his parents were summoned, a source close to the case tells us.
The school principal filed a complaint early Friday evening.
“The minor and his parents were interviewed. He is only 8 years old but disputes the comments attributed to him. His age prevents any prosecution and we will analyze the facts in the light of the psychological or psychiatric expertise that is carried out
,” indicates to Le
Figaro
the public prosecutor of Saint-Étienne, David Charmatz.
Justice thus considers that a minor under the age of 13 who commits an offense is not capable, in principle, of measuring the scope of his act.
“This is a presumption of non-discrimination in order to protect the youngest
,” we can read on the website of the Ministry of Justice.