According to our information, the farmer Paul François (grain farmer poisoned with Lasso herbicide in 2004), was violently attacked at his home in Bernac on January 30th.
According to our information, as he returned his vehicle to the garage of his Charente home, three hooded men very quickly captured him, then tied his legs and arms with ties resembling electric cables that they had with them, without giving him time to react.
I was unable to react.
Paul Francoisgrain farmer
His attackers took his scarf, wrapped it around his neck, then stuck its end in there rear door of his vehicle to immobilize him. Paul François then found himself strongly stuck, his scarf very tight, almost strangled. Then, the three men threatened him with a knife to his throat, in an attempt to force him to swallow a liquid, while declaring to him ” We’re tired of hearing you and seeing your face TV “.
Just before the attack, Paul François was on the phone with his sister. The phone is still connected as a kit hand free from his vehicle, he was thus able to demonstrate his aggression by shouting “if you hear me, I am being attacked, go get help”.
Subsequently, light sensors outside his home picked up movement and turned on. At that moment, he exclaimed “there are people coming”.
Still according to our information, before fleeing, his attackers kicked him hard in the legs. Paul François then fell to the ground, the scarf still stuck in the door, it then tightened strongly around his neck.
To date, it is the gendarmes who have been seized of the investigation. ButAccording to our information, the Angoulême prosecutor’s office could in turn seize it very soon.
Since then, Paul François has been placed under the protection of the gendarmerie. He plans to file a complaint.
As a reminder, the Lyon court sentenced Bayer, ex-Monsanto, to compensate up to 11,135 euros the cereal farmer poisoned with the herbicide Lasso in 2004. Paul François, who claimed 1.2 million euros, estimates this outrageous decision.
In October 2020, the Court of Cassation had definitively confirmed the responsibility of Bayer-Monsanto in the intoxication of the farmer due to a defective and mislabeled product, at the end of a legal marathon started in 2007.