2023-12-27 18:00:00
An investigation was opened once morest a police officer, following an alleged attack in a café in Bertix, filmed by witnesses.
A local police officer in Bertrix assaulted a bar patron. He punched this person. The victim, who is a black man, claims that racist remarks were also made once morest him. Our editorial team managed to contact him. He gives us his version of the facts. “It was crazy, he explains. He came back at least three times. He kept punching me.” explains this client who suffers from an incapacity to work for seven days. “My face is still a little swollen, my eye hurts and I suffer from severe headaches. My neck hurts. After such an attack, we are psychologically helpless and we ask ourselves questions.” he explained.
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For a reason that remains to be clarified, the plainclothes policeman that evening wanted to carry out an identity check. Which allegedly went wrong when the alleged victim took out his cell phone. “When he started filming me, I saw red and I went into a tailspin, admitted the policeman in the press. I admit that my reaction was not good. I had drunk a little. There is nothing racist in my intervention.” “The images are shocking, it is unacceptable“, for his part reacted the mayor of Bertrix.
A racist attack?
The investigation is still in its early stages, but it will also look into accusations of racism. If the racist motive were proven, this would have a significant impact on the sentence incurred by the alleged perpetrator, confirms Anne-Sophie Guilmot, spokesperson for the Luxembourg public prosecutor’s office. “The penal code provides that racist motive constitutes an aggravating circumstance: this will increase the penalty scale, she explained. The suspect then faces a sentence of around 2 months to 4 years of imprisonment and a fine of 50 to 400 euros. That’s regarding twice as much as if the racist character was not retained. “In which case, willful assault and battery resulting in temporary incapacity for work carries a maximum penalty of two years’ imprisonment,” further details the spokesperson.
The disciplinary procedure carried out once morest the police officer may lead to his definitive dismissal.
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