A 34-year-old Marseille temporary worker was sentenced on appeal in Aix-en-Provence to one year in prison on appeal for the homophobic assault of a couple in Marseille in July 2019, we learned from a source on Friday judicial. On July 28, 2019, around 1:00 a.m., two tourists from Toulouse were seated on the Old Port, entwined on a public bench, the head of one resting on the shoulder of his companion, when they were caught partly by two men. " What are you doing ? You are together ? ", Had one of the two attackers apostrophic before pushing them and striking a face in the face of one of them.
While the victims were trying to alert passersby by shouting “Police! Police ! », They heard themselves retort:« You call the police, are you fooled? ”, Remarks accompanied by gestures of a sexual nature and obscene words. Police officers nearby arrested the two attackers.
Aggravated penalty
One of them, who was brought up the next day for immediate appearance before the criminal court, had been placed in pre-trial detention pending trial, due to an irregular stay in France. The second, having been the subject of several convictions but holding a job, had been released under judicial supervision.
It was the latter who had appealed the sentence of one year in prison which the court had pronounced on August 14 against the two defendants. "The two victims were indeed attacked because of their sexual orientation, which is perfectly unacceptable and shows intolerance," said the court. Before the Court of Appeal, which tried only one of them, the Advocate General had requested an increase in the sentence to eighteen months in prison, finding that "the motive for this violence (was) at the evidence of homophobia ”.
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- Conviction
- Discrimination
- Aggression
- homophobia
- Marseilles