The Amiens criminal court sentenced this Thursday evening to six months suspended prison sentence the author of an assault at the organic market on Île aux Fruits, rue de Verdun in Amiens. The facts date back to the evening of August 19, 2021. The Amiens Criminal Court held the alteration of discernment at the time of the facts : the man, with a clean criminal record, has been suffering from psychiatric disorders for several years.
“We experienced it as a mini-attack”, summarizes the boss of Fruit Island
On August 19, this 40-year-old burst into an evening that brought together hundreds of people on the organic fruit market on Île aux Fruits. The man, heavily alcoholic, is armed with a pitchfork. The manager disarms him; the attacker then takes out two cutters. “I threatened people at face height“, recognizes at the bar this man of 46 years. Among the customers, many crying children.”We experienced it as a mini attack, he had the paraphernalia to do damage“, sums up the boss of the organic market, who is a civil party in a personal capacity and on behalf of his employees.
A client tries to repel the abuser. While protecting his face, Antonio Ribeiro de Almeida receives a blow with a cutter in his hand: “I received 17 stitches, I was notched 10 centimeters, tells the victim, very moved. I no longer have the same mobility in my hand, I have discomfort. I have all these images that keep coming back all the time, and I think I will always have them. I wish this gentleman was well looked after and that he no longer made other people suffer like that evening. “
“You have decompensated, we wish you to get better”, said the president
Facing the victim, the respondent expresses his shame, but says he does not remember having knocked. “I did not come to bleed people, but to threaten “, he said in front of the court. During the attack he accused the customers of the organic market of not understanding anything about ecology. “You went crazy, you decompensated, said the president. We wish you to get better sir“. The defendant receives 6 months suspended prison sentence and ban on carrying arms for two years. He will also have to pay fees for damage to two vehicles. The accused has ten days to appeal: if this is not the case, the criminal case will be closed. The civil component will then open, with financial compensation for the victims, on May 12, 2022.