As he was regarding to start his working day, Benjamin Brotcorne, lawyer and municipal councilor in Tournai, leader of the Together group, was beaten up by a very determined individual. And very tough.
It was around 8:30 a.m. this Thursday morning when Benjamin Brotcorne showed up in front of the gate that bars access to the underground car park of the La Bonneterie residence, at rue as Pois, where his lawyer’s office is located. .
“I was looking for my keys in my pockethe told us, when someone came up from behind and immediately punched me in the face. I wouldn’t be able to make a composite portrait of it, everything happened very quickly. The man, who must have been regarding 1.75 m tall, was dark-skinned, did not have his face hidden but wore a hood; he was dressed in black and was gloved in leather, also black. He was very strong and hit methodically, like a boxer, without saying or asking me anything. I had a survival reflex, I pushed him away and fled to the inner garden of the complex. There he knocked me to the ground and continued to hit me. No doubt he realized that he might be seen, and even filmed, from the balconies overlooking the garden because he suddenly said to me: “give me your watch”. I gave it to it – it doesn’t have much value – and it broke immediately. He didn’t ask me anything else and I’m convinced that it was not the theft that motivated his action…”
