France: A Syrian man who has been living in France since 2019 is being tried for terrorising his family by, among other things, beating his wife if tea is not served quickly. He admits to the judge over his interpreter: “In Syria, you can beat … you can do anything

A 44-year-old man was summoned to court on Thursday, the 8th of February 2024, for multiple acts of domestic violence and repeated death threats committed in Brest between March 2019 and August 2023.

The man of Syrian origin, who has lived in France with his wife and their five children since 2019, creates a ” climate of fear ” in his family. His wife suffers from his violence every day. If she doesn’t boil the tea quickly enough, “he bashes my head in”, she says, not daring to make a complaint. The children are also abused to such an extent that the eldest daughter says: “I have a belt phobia”. When she can’t take it any longer, one of the children confides in a school nurse, who immediately files a complaint.

The medical findings substantiate the reports. The accused, who was subsequently banned from his home, denies the incidents. “(…) Through his interpreter, the accused finally admits: “In Syria, you can hit … just do anything”. He (…) [is] sentenced to two years’ imprisonment, one year of which is suspended (…), and the complete withdrawal of parental custody. Le télégramme

Brest (29) : en France depuis 2019, un Syrien est jugé pour avoir fait régner la terreur dans sa famille, boxant notamment sa femme si le thé n’est rapidement servi. Il concède au juge via son interprète : “en Syrie, on peut taper… tout faire” – Fdesouche