While she was sticking up posters with her daughter and her parliamentary assistant, Valérie Bazin-Malgras was threatened by a 45-year-old man, “a little drunk”.
A man will be tried in June for having threatened this Wednesday with a compressed air pistol the LR deputy for Aube, Valérie Bazin-Malgras, while she was pasting posters, we learned this Saturday from the Troyes public prosecutor’s office.
The man will be tried on June 7 for violence with the use or threat of a weapon, said the public prosecutor Julie Bernier, confirming information from East lightning. He was placed under judicial supervision.
“Extremely shocked by so much violence”
The aggravating circumstance of violence against a person holding public authority was not retained because the quality of deputy for the 2nd constituency of Aube by Valérie Bazin-Malgras was “not known to her”, she said. added, the man believing he was dealing with “young people who once again degraded the billboard”.
The facts took place Wednesday evening in Bordes-Aumont, where the deputy, her daughter and her parliamentary assistant stuck up posters presenting the wishes of the elected official. The 45-year-old man, “a little drunk”, first told them that he was going to “get his 22” (a rifle) then fired rubber bullets with an air pistol, without causing any injuries. .
His criminal record has four mentions for damage to property, according to the prosecutor. “I hope he will be severely punished by justice,” declared Valérie Bazin-Malgras, saying she was “extremely shocked by so much violence”.
