Homeless Man Sentenced for Assaulting Parents in Soissons, France

My mother "is bipolar so every act I do towards her, there is a reason. But I am not violent by nature," justified Feth-Allah Yanouri on Thursday from the stand, before being expelled from the courtroom on the orders of the president. A few minutes earlier, she had warned him not to speak without being authorized, reports L’Union. Unable to contain his anger, the Moroccan quinquagenarian then shouted at his mother.

The acts of violence with which he is charged date back to August 5th. Arriving at his parents’ home in Soissons to pick up belongings, he will be put outside. Angry, he hits his father and mother. The next day, he returns to his parents’ home. This time, he climbs over the fence of the home to damage the windshield of a vehicle on site. Behaviors that surprise his mother: "We have done everything for our son. We housed him, fed him, clothed him. But he goes out, he drinks alcohol and takes drugs in front of us and my grandchildren. He threatens me and takes advantage of our kindness."

For Ludovic Broyon, Feth-Allah Yanouri’s lawyer, his client’s childhood must be questioned before judging him. "We have to go back to his difficult childhood. He was sent to Morocco (where he would have suffered violence, editor’s note), he felt abandoned by his mother and father, which generated a first trauma. The fact that he acted out comes from alcohol. When he consumes, he becomes violent. When he is sober, he is normal. When you’re on the street, you drink, and alcohol brings you back to the street again." Not enough to convince the court.

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The criminal record of Feth-Allah Yanouri, which already includes five convictions, is getting heavier. He is sentenced to sixteen months in prison, including six with probation, and the revocation of four months of probation from a previous sentence, for a total of fourteen months in prison.