2023-10-27 22:01:35
The teacher implicated in Le Havre (Seine-Maritime) for having made worrying remarks and showing a knife in front of his students will be tried by the criminal court for “psychological violence with a weapon” without ITT and “prohibited carrying of a weapon” , we learned on Friday from the prosecution.
The incident occurred on October 21 in a high school in Le Havre. While he had just paid tribute to Samuel Paty and Dominique Bernard, the teacher murdered during the Arras attack, this history and geography professor, according to witnesses, displayed a knife and made threatening remarks.
The course was immediately interrupted according to the rectorate and the teacher was placed on “long illness” leave for a period of one year, according to his lawyer, Antoine Siffert.
An investigation was opened and he was placed in police custody. At the end of this, he was placed under judicial supervision pending his trial, with an obligation of care, added Bruno Dieudonné, public prosecutor in Le Havre, confirming information from Paris Normandy.
Four students who witnessed the scene filed a complaint, the prosecution said. The trial is scheduled in Le Havre on March 29, 2024.
He denies brandishing a blade
“Regarding the incident of October 21, the professor admits to having behaved inappropriately but formally denies having brandished or taken out the blade of any knife,” said his lawyer.
The prevention doctor at the Academy of Normandy, who examined him on Wednesday, indicated that “the teacher had been in great psychological suffering as a teacher for some time, with impacts on his physical health,” added Antoine Siffert.
The teacher is also prohibited from practicing and appearing within his establishment.
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