Wednesday, January 29, took place, at the court of Amiens (Somme), the trial of the man who struck on December 8 the car of Marianne Seck, opposition councilor in Beauvais (Oise) and regional councilor. An accident causing the death of his dad, Jean-Paul Pillon.
As a reminder, the family (Marianne, Juliette her sister and her dad) was struck at Saleux when she came back from the Amiens hospital center, to visit the mother, struck the day before by a car no Far from the shopping center of the Paume game in Beauvais. And who died a few days later …
Alcoholic and under drugs
The defendant is called Julien Callens. He is 41 years old and lives in Tallvilliers as reported Picard mail. At the time of the accident, he had 1.5 gram of alcohol in the blood and had smoked “half a joint” the day before. Father of three children, the man has a virgin criminal record. He explains in court not to be well because of his father’s illness, affected by Alzheimer’s. And that he had drank a few glasses with friends before taking the wheel. He even details that he would have lost himself on the way, and would have accelerated by nervousness. Until hitting the Sénic Renault of the Pillon family, hired on a roundabout near the Amiens hospital center.
“”I took this roundabout normally and everything was fine, says Marianne Seck in The Beauvais observer. Then there was the shock so suddenly, the noise, the cries, the sheet metal that croggles … Immediately, I see the look of dad, he looks at me, but I see that something is wrong, he has harm to breathe. This scene, I revise it every day …»»
“Nothing will bring my father back”
In tears in court, the man says he is eaten away by remorse. But the remorse will not unfortunately not bring Jean-Paul Pillon. The prosecution requires three years in prison, including one suspended. The court will be firmer ink. Julien Callens received from Four years in prison, two years firm.
“”Is this pain too light? Is it fair? wonders the regional councilor, on her Facebook account. Me, I know one thing: nothing will bring my father back and nothing will be able to erase what we have experienced.»»