The two men suspected of having assaulted a paramedic in intervention, Monday in Roux, were released under conditions by the examining magistrate and by the youth judge, confirmed Tuesday evening the parquet floor of Charleroi. The minor, born in 2005, will in particular have to serve a 30-hour sentence of community service and undergo training to manage his aggressiveness.
The announcement was confirmed by the Charleroi prosecutor’s office on Tuesday evening. The two men suspected of assaulting a paramedic in intervention, Monday in Roux, were released under conditions by the judge of instruction and by the judge of the youth. This conditional release is very badly experienced by the ambulance driver who was assaulted. Contacted, he did not wish to speak in front of the camera but his boss did it for him. “Following the announcement, I have contact with our paramedic who is indeed extremely shocked. He’s completely putting his professional career on the line because he’s scared. He thinks that if he resumes his duties, he may risk intervening in the street or in the homes of his own attackers.“, reacts Stéphane Richter, manager of an ambulance service company.
The facts occurred Monday afternoon while the emergency vehicle was on its way to an intervention in Roux. “A father and son got angry because the ambulance was not going fast enough according to them. They passed her before blocking her way. The paramedic was taken out of the vehicle by the two suspects, before being leaned against a wall and hit in the head and neck“, had related the boss of the ambulance company R-Médic. The man “I’m fine” but was in shock. “His wife, who was driving the ambulance, is also shocked“, had specified the boss of the ambulance company. The two suspects, deprived of their liberty and auditioned, were presented to an investigating judge and a juvenile judge. “The minor is accused of carrying a prohibited weapon and assault and battery resulting in incapacity for work, with the aggravating circumstance that the blows were inflicted on a person who exercises a mission of general interest of public health“, said the Charleroi public prosecutor’s office. “As for the father of the family, he is accused of malicious obstruction of traffic and assault and battery.“The minor was released on conditions and placed with his family after his presentation before the juvenile judge.”In particular, he will have to serve a 30-hour sentence of general interest, no longer commit offenses, continue his education and begin training for the management of his emotions and his aggressiveness.The father was also released on conditions for further investigation.