A judge was assaulted Monday in the court of Montbéliard (Doubs) after having announced to a mother, during a hearing, the provisional placement of the baby of the latter, we learn in L'Est Républicain.
The incident occurred Monday afternoon, during an educational assistance hearing, which included a couple and three of their five children, following a report on suspicion of domestic violence.
During the hearing, the children's judge told the parents that she ordered the provisional placement of their little girl, a baby born on August 25.
A handbag blow to the face
An announcement that upset the 28-year-old mother, who began to scream, aimed the magistrate in the face with her purse, and grabbed her wrist to shake her.
His companion tried to intervene, in vain, tells L'Est Républicain.
It took the intervention of the police to separate the two women.
The mother was arrested and taken into police custody.
In shock, the judge went to see a doctor who gave her a two-day break from work.
The magistrate also lodged a complaint after the violence.
For questions of neutrality, the prosecution of Besançon, and not Montbéliard, will be in charge of the case, according to L'Est Républicain.
