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2023-08-05 18:44:00
On the one hand, there is a couple who facilitated the use of hard drugs by making their apartment available. And on the other, three foreign prisoners.
In a state of recidivism, the owner is already condemned by default by two other judgments to which he opposes. “My client had several lives. He gradually marginalized himself and increased his consumption. The trigger was created when he was arrested and placed in prison for the first time. Since then, he has been in the process of solve his problem. He was easy prey, “says the defense. His companion is also in confession, even if her role is more limited.
Stopover for just eating
Whether for personal consumption, the need for easy money, or both, the three dealers do not deny their relationship to heroin or cocaine. On the other hand, they dispute some of the prejudices. In turn, they explain: “I was offered a job. I accepted and arrived in the apartment. I saw that there was a child, so I left. The day of the arrest, it was the second time that I saw the couple. I simply asked them if I might eat at their house and recharge my phone, but I had nothing on me” or even “I was there too for eat before going to the Netherlands”.
The words of the individuals make the king’s prosecutor ironic. “I have the impression that we are dealing with an Afsca file, that we believe we are in the restaurant. We stop by the home to share a sandwich. They have done nothing, but are nevertheless in detention…
What one of the inmates forgets to specify is his digestive walk in Saint-Jean Park. Surveillance videos film him with another dealer as well as drug addicts. It must also be gourmets.”
The public prosecutor is asking for a two-year sentence for the couple, accompanied by a suspended probation, as well as a four-year sentence for the detainees. “Given the seriousness of the facts, the moral distress caused and that they come from France to take advantage of the situation, I am asking for a deterrent sentence.”
Two probationary reprieves and an acquittal are requested by their respective lawyers. Judgment will be delivered on August 14.
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