After having injured his sister's companion with a knife last Friday in a street in Vichy, a 40-year-old man was tried in an immediate appearance before the judicial court of Cusset (Allier), this Tuesday.
As reported by
La Montagne
, he was sentenced to three years in prison, one of which was suspended probation for two years.
The victim, she gets away with seven days of ITT.
Both heavily alcoholic
A money problem would be at the origin of the altercation between the two men, who were heavily alcoholic at the time of the facts.
While the victim explained that his brother-in-law ended up pulling out a knife and injuring her, the defendant said he was blocked against a door and had drawn his weapon to make him leave.
But self-defense was not retained by the deputy prosecutor.
In addition to the prison sentence, the defendant received an obligation of care, work and a ban on coming into contact with the victim.
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