Zakaria El Fakir's sentence is now known.
Pursued for several months by the courts for “habitual violence” against his wife, the pillar of Biarritz Olympique (Pro D2) was sentenced this Thursday to four months in prison by the Bayonne court.
The 27-year-old will also have to complete an awareness training course.
The Sud-Ouest regional daily provided details on the progress of the trial.
On the stand, EL Fakir first proclaimed his innocence “As from the beginning, I deny everything.
There were couple disagreements, but never any form of violence.
» According to the complainant's family, this violence began in 2016, and was regular until July 11, 2023. As reported by the media, the Biarritz Olympique player admitted to two shoving incidents.
“A state of submission” noted
Before the trial took place this Thursday, Zakaria El Fakir had already been the target of several complaints from his wife.
The first in 2021, then the second last July after she was prescribed ten days of ITT.
The wife's family specifies that one of the slaps from the pillar even caused the complainant's ear to bleed.
Although she fled twice, she always returned home after an apology from her husband.
For its part, the prosecution notes “a state of submission which has lasted for seven years”.
The prosecutor also specifies how the player ensured that his wife depended on him: “as she moved, he isolated her from her family and her friends.
She does not work anymore.
It's easier to make her dependent on him in every way.
She is unable to react.
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The parallel with the Haouas affair
While the prosecutor had requested a one-year suspended prison sentence, the rugby player's lawyer pleaded for release, noting the absence of "a medical certificate" and "images".
Zakaria El Fakir is not the only element in Biarritz to have legal setbacks.
A few months ago, his teammate Mohamed Haouas was sentenced to one year in prison without a warrant for domestic violence.
In order to defend his client, the lawyer took the Haouas affair as an example: “In the case of his colleague Mohamed Haouas, we immediately saw the video.
There are only the statements of his wife and the reported comments.
If you retain those of Madame's mother, also retain those of my client's father, who explains that his daughter-in-law admits to being a liar.
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