Woman in her sixties tried for threatening police officers with machete
A Borinage resident over 60 appeared before the judges after greeting law enforcement with a bladed weapon and insults.
Woman in her sixties tried for threatening police officers with machete
A retired woman from Borinage was brought before the magistrate's court following an altercation with police officers. Yvonne (*) was arrested after reacting aggressively during a search of her home.
The matter originated in the theft of a car. The vehicle in question had been left in front of the accused's residence, and its papers had been placed in her letterbox. The woman in her sixties was not considered the thief, but merely an acquaintance of the person who committed the offence.
When the inspectors came to knock on her door, the woman, dressed in her pyjamas and having apparently been drinking, did not greet the visitors with courtesy. After hurling insults at the officers, she grabbed a machete inherited from her father. Her defence maintained that the object was never directed at the police officers, but only at the bodywork of the vehicle that was causing her so much trouble.
The public prosecutor's representative considered that a sentence with probation would suffice, provided the weapon was confiscated. The accused's counsel emphasised her lack of criminal history, aside from two traffic violations, as well as her status as a recipient of social assistance for persons with disabilities for two decades.
Faced with the judge who asked her if she wished to add anything, the accused made an unexpected request: to obtain a certificate for her cousin, who had driven her to court on two wheels.
Source: La Libre
Source: La Libre