A man will be tried in June for having threatened Wednesday with a compressed air pistol the deputy LR of Aube, Valérie Bazin-Malgras, while she was pasting posters, we learned on Saturday from the parquet floor of Troyes.
The man was placed under judicial supervision before his trial on June 7 for violence with the use or threat of a weapon, said the public prosecutor Julie Bernier, confirming information from L‘is lightning.
The aggravating circumstance of violence against a person holding public authority was not retained because the quality of deputy for the 2nd constituency of the Aube of Valérie Bazin-Malgras was “not known to her”, she said. added, the man believing he was dealing with “young people who once again degraded the billboard”.
Rubber bullets fired
The facts took place Wednesday evening in Bordes-Aumont, where the deputy, her daughter and her parliamentary assistant stuck up posters presenting the wishes of the elected official. The 45-year-old man, “a little drunk”, first told them that he was going to “get his 22” (a rifle) then fired rubber bullets with an air pistol, without causing any injuries. .
His criminal record has four mentions, for damage to property, according to the prosecutor. This episode illustrates “the ravages of alcohol on a violent gentleman”. “I hope he will be severely punished by justice,” said the MP, saying she was “extremely shocked by so much violence”.
“To attack a deputy is to attack the Republic! “Reacted on Twitter the president of LR Éric Ciotti.