A DGSI police officer was sentenced Tuesday by the Nanterre court to a suspended six-month prison sentence for having driven, alcoholic and under the influence of drugs, the company vehicle of his companion at the time, then prefect.
This 46-year-old agent from the General Directorate of Internal Security was arrested on November 17, 2020 after crossing the Hauts-de-Seine department, in the west of Paris, causing several accidents between the towns of Neuilly and Rueil-Malmaison .
His blood alcohol level was 1.92 grams per liter of blood.
Beer and whiskey had been found in his vehicle, from the park of the prefecture of Eure-et-Loir.
The prefect at the time, who was then his companion, had lent him this vehicle for personal travel, he explained.
"I lost my footing"
Cannabis and cocaine were also found in his body.
At the helm, the defendant denied any consumption of narcotics, stating that he had simply consumed drugs and CBD.
“I lost my footing,” he explained, justifying his alcoholism with family problems that “upset” him.
After presenting his apologies, he declared himself "bruised by this situation which has taken on a great deal of magnitude".
Indicating to be depressed and followed by a psychiatrist, he said he was awaiting disciplinary action.
The court nevertheless sentenced him to a six-month suspended prison sentence, a road safety awareness course and an eight-month license suspension for driving while intoxicated and under the influence of narcotics and endangerment.
The prosecution had requested against him eighteen months of suspended imprisonment or 100 hours of community service, as desired.
“I am surprised that a man of your level comes to give us the same excuses as the kids we usually see in this court”, had castigated the prosecutor, adding “The only positive thing in this file is that 'there was no physical human damage'.
The prefect of Eure-et-Loir left office shortly after the incident.