2023-10-01 05:28:00
Find our surprising legal stories that occurred in Wallonia over the weeks: “In court: chronicles of hearings in Wallonia”.
1/ A 13-year-old student beaten up by a principal
The former director and the deputy director are being prosecuted for beating a 13-year-old student in 2019. The director was fired by the French Community. “I heard screaming. I noticed that my director and the kid were grabbing each other as they fell to the ground on top of each other. I was outraged by my colleague’s attitude. I shouted at him. Stop your bullshit, let him go.”
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2/ A couple sentenced to… clean their home regularly
Unusual judgment for a man who hit his wife. He must also provide proof that he contributes to his household expenses.
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Quote of the week
“It’s challenging, shocking. In twenty years of correctional work, I’ve never really seen this kind of thing”
+ READ THE REPORT | Blood all over the children’s room
4/ Drunk, the aspiring police officer wanted to overwhelm the police
The young driver was returning from a hunting trip and wanted to avoid being stopped under the influence of alcohol. One of the police officers finally used his weapon.
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5/ Suspected of “advanced radicalism” at 16
The young man, prosecuted in court, is suspected of having participated in the activities of a terrorist group with the hat of leader. He was trying to recruit terrorists among his classmates.
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6/ 3.6 million euros swindled from a rich heiress
In 2016, it came to police attention that a (very) rich heiress from Walloon Brabant had been scammed by French crooks posing as art market professionals. Then it was Interpol, from Paris, which passed on the information more precisely: experienced criminals would have targeted this victim using the “jades and ivories” scam system, well known in France.
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7/ The hunter claims to be the victim of a frame-up by another hunter: “We wonder who left the viscera there”
The hunter and his son allegedly removed a deer from a hunting table, in the town of Bertrix. They say they are victims of a cabal led by another hunter from the village. “I knew that some hunters might show bad faith, but here, they are showing a particularly vivid imagination,” quips the prosecutor.
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8/ Unable to respect the probationary conditions, he prefers to go to prison
The defendant did not hide his annoyance from his judicial assistant regarding the conditions which attached a two-year prison sentence. He only met the latter once, confirmed to him that he was still using, that he was fed up with probation and that he loved going to prison just as much. The prosecution requests the revocation of this suspension.
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We’ll tell you the rest
Two children locked in “cages” between 2010 and 2014
The two victims, aged 29 and 36 when the facts were discovered, suffered from psychiatric problems. The facts were declared established on Wednesday by the Dinant Criminal Court, which however had to take into account the exceeding of the reasonable time limit.
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But also
These experts who make the scientific police archives speak
Scenes of crimes, attacks, accidents, burglaries, reconstructions… In 2019, the transfer of 100,000 archive photos from the laboratory of the Federal Judicial Police of Liège to the State Archives led to the establishment of an international scientific committee.
From Liège to Namur, from the archives repository to an autopsy room, via a photo studio and the premises of the judicial police, follow in the footsteps of these archives which will still be talked regarding.
WIDE-ANGLE | These experts who make the archives of the judicial police speak
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