“I hit him only once”: Man whips his son with a belt because he doesn't eat fast enough, father sentenced
|The child suffered from numerous injuries. PIXABAY – COLOR
A 32-year-old father was sentenced on October 2, 2024 to 10 months in prison, suspended, on October 2 for hitting his 10-year-old child.
The facts date back to September 11, 2023, when a school nurse learned from one of the school's students that his father had hit him the day before in the family apartment located in Fleury-Mérogis in Essonne.
He asked him to count the blows
The 10-year-old boy explained that his 32-year-old father, the had been whipped with a belt because he was not eating fast enough and had asked him to count the blows, reports Actu.< /p>
After an examination, the nurse found numerous lesions with open and closed wounds on the child's back and arms.
A medical examination two days later will conclude that the traces of the blows are compatible with the statements of the little boy to whom the doctor gives 10 days of ITT (Total Incapacity to Work).
“Where I come from, we are used to hitting them””
An investigation is opened, the child's teachers are questioned. According to their testimony, the little boy has already tried several times to hurt himself, explaining that he wanted to die or be killed by his father. A report had already been made in January 2023, report our colleagues d'Actu.
Summoned to the bar by the Évry-Courcouronnese criminal court on October 2, the father tried to justify himself: "I didn't know that you didn't have the right to hit your children in France. Where I come from, we usually hit them ".
And to add: "I hit him once. That's it".
Deprived of his parental authority, the father of the family was sentenced to ten months in prison with a two-year probationary period. He will also have to pay 3,000 euros to his son.