2023-11-27 14:35:00
Unusual, but honest approach for Nico C.: the 27-year-old young man contacted us because he is being followed by the CTT, the drug treatment chamber, at the Charleroi court. “I want to show my journey: I have a permanent contract, a 16-month-old little girl, I really questioned myself,” he testifies.
The original Binchois has a famous legal past: after 18 months in prison in Mons for several assaults, he was caught again on his release: “it was for fraud, assault and battery, threats and harassment,” he tells us. – he, sheepishly. He has not returned behind bars, despite a conviction. Then, a year ago, he “got angry” at one of his neighbors. Rebelote, here is Nico in court for “assault, harassment and threats”. “Thursday November 16, two weeks ago, I was before the 10th criminal chamber: 40 months in prison, with a probationary suspension. The public prosecutor asked me to join the drug treatment room because of my drug use. I accepted, and I had my first audience. For six months to a year, I will be followed, supported, with an audience once a month. I was given one last chance despite the fact that I was already on probation.”
Why is Nico telling us his story? “Because in 2019, when I was detained in Mons prison, many of my loved ones disowned me. I want to show that I questioned myself. At the time, I had nothing at all, I was alone, I was lost. But today, I realize all my mistakes from before, with total regret. I’m married, I have a little daughter, I have a job as a machine operator. My life has completely changed, and this time, I’m done. I wanted to say it.”
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