Presented in immediate appearance on Monday February 21 at the Lyon Criminal Court, a 36-year-old man was sentenced to two years in prison, one of which was suspended, for hitting Xavier Odothe mayor of Grigny (Rhône) reports Progress. Without a fixed address, the aggressor will serve his sentence at his sister’s house, equipped with an electronic bracelet. He will have to pay a fine of 1,000 euros to Xavier Odo and undergo treatment.
The mayor of Ecully denounces a sentence that is too lenient
A sentence deemed too lenient for Sébastien Michel, mayor of Ecully, who denounced in a press release “a scathing discrepancy between the firmness of intentions and the criminal response”. “The government had said that it was making the fight against violence against elected officials an absolute priority”, but “the court did not wish to take this route”, he wrote.
Xavier Odo was beaten last Thursday, on the market place of his city, by a man already known for acts of degradation and aggression. The man, alcoholic and carrying a knife, insulted and threatened with death the mayor and the municipal agents who accompanied him. He was arrested shortly after by the municipal police. The mayor of Grigny then received the support of many elected officials from the metropolis, all labels included.