“We’re going to catch you… We’ll get you sooner or later, it’s a matter of time,” said a drunken man who passed in front of the former politician’s home.
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It is a matter which, in his eyes, “does not deserve publicity”. However, it is far from trivial, as attacks and threats against politicians have multiplied in recent months. A man made threats against Benoît Hamon, passing in front of his home in Issy-les-Moulineaux (Hauts-de-Seine), on the night of Saturday January 15 to Sunday January 16, franceinfo learned from the candidate and a judicial source, confirming information from the Parisian.
“We’re going to catch you… We’ll get you sooner or later, it’s a matter of time”, launched the 55-year-old man, so blind drunk, to the former PS presidential candidate. The one who announced his withdrawal from political life filed a complaint the next day for “threat of crime or offence”, an offense which can be punished by up to 6 months in prison and a fine of 7,500 euros. The suspect, who admitted the facts, was arrested on Sunday and then brought before the prosecution on Monday. He has no criminal record. He was placed under judicial supervision pending his trial, scheduled for May.