It is an interesting debate that launched Me Jean Antoine Escande, yesterday at the court of Castres. Launched into a long plea which he is used to, this time to defend his client, described as schizophrenic by a psychiatric expert and tried for two thefts in Mazamet, on June 5, he took the opportunity to raise the “dysfunctions of “jurisdiction”. Sometimes in a clumsy way, which prompted the president of the hearing to cut him off: “The legitimacy of the court must not be called into question! »
“We know that the characteristic of the schizophrenic is not to be enthusiastic about the idea of taking his treatment. He is out of care, without a fixed address, we can continue to hit him just as hard, put him out of play for a while, we know he will start again. Psychiatry is also failing, we are on the wrong track, ”he replied after hearing the requisitions of the prosecution who asked for 8 months firm with continued detention.
He admits the theft then reveals another
At the beginning of June, the 26-year-old homeless man, placed under curatorship, had been arrested later at the end of the morning after two thefts: the first at McDo, where he had taken the jar of cash donations to help sick children then a few moments later , the office of a doctor (then absent) where he had left with cash and jewelry. Heard by the police, he will recognize the first and reveal the second himself. “Alteration does not mean abolition. He was aware of his actions, ”says the prosecutor. The court decided to sentence the defendant to a heavy record loaded with thefts, to 7 months, with continued detention.