The suspect was known to the courts and in a state of legal recidivism. He was appearing for having shot a ball gun on Saturday at a doctor called to a home consultation.
A 32-year-old man, who shot a ball gun at a doctor during a home visit, after threatening him with death, was sentenced Monday to five years in prison by the criminal court of Mulhouse (Haut- Rhine), with warrant of deposit.
“This sentence, very severe, has the merit of being clear and clear and everyone will take it for granted: “You don’t have the right to attack a doctor when he comes to visit you.””, greeted Me Raphaël Nisand, the victim’s lawyer, who was not present at the hearing. “It still seems a little big to me, I’m not an animal“, reacted the defendant to the statement of the deliberation.
“I skidded, I twisted”
Already well known to the courts and in a state of legal recidivism, he was notably sentenced in 2014 to 10 years in prison by the Assize Court of Bas-Rhin for rape on a spouse and sexual assault on a minor under 15 years old. “I got restless, there’s a shot that went but it wasn’t supposed to go“, he tried to explain from the box during the hearing, to clarify his gesture. He also mentioned a drug mixture to treat a toothache, which caused him to partially lose his discernment. “I skidded, I spun“, he summarized.
Saturday, in the middle of the day, the victim, a young doctor aged 30, went to an apartment in downtown Mulhouse for a home visit. The defendant’s companion had called SOS Médecins 68 two hours earlier, complaining of ankle pain. Quickly confronted with the aggressiveness of the patient’s companion, he had been threatened by a shotgun, which turned out to be a dummy, and hit in the thigh by ball shots.
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The victim, shocked, was examined on Sunday by a doctor from the forensic institute of Mulhouse: he suffers from bruises and a day off work was prescribed for him, his advice having mentioned the absence of ITT . Following the assault and as a sign of protest, the SOS Médecins branch in Mulhouse had interrupted all home visits until Monday morning.
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