He was also banned from ever holding public office in France and from owning weapons for five years for slapping the president.
Damien appeared before a judge in a fast-track trial on Thursday saying that it was an act of impulse, but the prosecutor said it was a “deliberate act of violence”.
He sat straight and showed no emotion as the court in the southeastern city of Valence convicted him on a charge of violence against a person invested with public authority.
“When I saw his friendly, lying look, I felt disgusted, and I had a violent reaction,” he told the court. “It was an impulsive reaction… I was surprised myself by the violence.”
While he said he and his friends had considered bringing an egg or a cream pie to throw at the president, he said they dropped the idea and insisted that the slap wasn’t premeditated.
“I think that Emmanuel Macron represents the decline of our country,” he said, without explaining what he meant.
Prosecutors had called for 18 months in prison for assaulting a public official. The three judges said Tarel should be given 18 months, with 14 months of the sentence suspended. His four months in jail will start immediately but the rest will only be enforced if he commits another offence.
A second suspect who filmed the incident is facing prosecution for illegal possession of weapons after local authorities searched his home. He comes from the same town as Damien Tarel.
The second suspect, however, will be judged at a later date, in 2022.
President Macron who reacted to the slap in an interview with broadcaster BFM-TV said the attack should not be trivialised but had to be kept in proportion.
“It’s not such a big deal to get a slap when you go toward a crowd to say hello to some people who were waiting for a long time, he said. “We must not make that stupid and violent act more important than it is.”
Damien appeared before a judge in a fast-track trial on Thursday saying that it was an act of impulse, but the prosecutor said it was a “deliberate act of violence”.
He sat straight and showed no emotion as the court in the southeastern city of Valence convicted him on a charge of violence against a person invested with public authority.
“When I saw his friendly, lying look, I felt disgusted, and I had a violent reaction,” he told the court. “It was an impulsive reaction… I was surprised myself by the violence.”
While he said he and his friends had considered bringing an egg or a cream pie to throw at the president, he said they dropped the idea and insisted that the slap wasn’t premeditated.
“I think that Emmanuel Macron represents the decline of our country,” he said, without explaining what he meant.
Prosecutors had called for 18 months in prison for assaulting a public official. The three judges said Tarel should be given 18 months, with 14 months of the sentence suspended. His four months in jail will start immediately but the rest will only be enforced if he commits another offence.
A second suspect who filmed the incident is facing prosecution for illegal possession of weapons after local authorities searched his home. He comes from the same town as Damien Tarel.
The second suspect, however, will be judged at a later date, in 2022.
President Macron who reacted to the slap in an interview with broadcaster BFM-TV said the attack should not be trivialised but had to be kept in proportion.
“It’s not such a big deal to get a slap when you go toward a crowd to say hello to some people who were waiting for a long time, he said. “We must not make that stupid and violent act more important than it is.”
from pmnewsnigeria
*See as this man use hand pour kerosene and light fire for him destiny!... what a pity!
Try it here at the peril of yourself and extended family.
ReplyDeleteWhy should anybody try it here. Do you allow yourself to be slapped.
DeleteWhat's this one saying? Did the French president allow himself to be slapped? But he was slapped all the same
DeleteNa wa. The man went too far, if it was some countries, he would have been shot immediately.
ReplyDeleteI'm confused, I thought his lawyer argued that the president didn't respect the COVID19 1m social distancing hence his client couldn't be charged and the charges were dropped. This is what I read on a french website so what is pmnewsnigeria saying. Well, let me tune in to RFI.
ReplyDeleteA lawyer can argue whatever he/she wants to argue, that's why they are lawyers.
DeletePhysical assault is a no no. No matter the provocation, self control is a virtue. Why slap someone who didn't even attack you in any way?
ReplyDeleteIf it were here,he won't even be charged to court, he'll just rot in jail.
ReplyDeleteRot in jail? Abi he would have been death by now.
DeleteI think he had a bet with his friend
ReplyDelete4months pere.them try..He would have been beaten to death by awon sss same day
ReplyDeleteThe old man that named his dog buhari knows what he suffered inside jail.. The other guy that impersonated GEJ on twitter spent months in naija cell.
ReplyDeleteU can't even try that here , that four months is what it will take before ur family can see u, then four years before going to a court that will sentenced u for four decades for threat to life and other charges
Very true
DeleteSuch a lucky man. It can't happen in my country Nigeria.
ReplyDeleteI wish u knew what they would do to him in jail...
DeleteLmao @ “his friendly lying face”
ReplyDeleteThe man is a nutcase
His name says whose child he is. He has protection in the world humans dare not go
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