“I know I abused it,” admits Karine Nabil. Tuesday, December 10, this 35-year-old woman was tried at Compiègne court for one abuse of weakness on a vulnerable personin this case his mother. Recognized guiltyshe receives four months of suspended prison sentence. The events took place over 3 months. The daughter took advantage of her mother’s situation by taking 13,000 euros directly from her bank account.
“A victim suffering from dementia”
At the hearing, the defendant explained that her mother had power of attorney over her account. This 66-year-old woman benefited from a large inheritance and a few months later the embezzlement began. She took advantage of her mother’s psychological fragility to commit the acts.
At the hearing, this fragility of the defendant’s mother is explained by the public prosecutor. She evokes “a state of dementia and neurological degeneration” of this sixty-year-old who now lives in a nursing home.
She had loans to repay
One question remains: why did she commit the acts? In front of her judges, she explains that she has loans to repay. “I wasn’t doing well financially. » And this, despite the fact that she works.
At the bar of the court, the defendant seems to make amends. “I’m really sorry, I’m going to give him the money back,” she promises.
A conflicting family situation
In the background of this affair, there are conflicting relations between Karine Nabil and her family. Like with his aunt for example. Very close to her at first, the latter then distanced herself, before accompanying the victim so that she could file a complaint.
Since the facts were discovered, it is the sister of the accused who takes care of her mother’s finances. A sister, with whom she cut ties. As for the power of attorney enjoyed by Karine Nabil, it was withdrawn. The victim’s lawyer justifies this decision by the fact that the transfers were not made in the interest of his client and that she did not seem to realize that the amounts withdrawn were significant.
Karine Nabil is found guilty. She was sentenced to four months in prison with a two-year probationary suspension. During this period, she will have to prove reimbursement of the embezzled 13,000 euros and a job.
Camille Volpoet
