Attorney deliberately does not request fines on a correctional session in Bruges: « It is not up to me to continue to spot the state treasury » (Bruges)

The Bruges department of the correctional court of West Flanders dealt with six criminal cases on Friday morning. In a scams, the Public Prosecution Service claimed an effective prison sentence of 30 months in absentia. On the other hand, the attorney explicitly asked not to impose the mandatory fine by taking mitigating circumstances into account. « In view of the continuing contempt for the first and second power towards the third power, it is not up to me to continue the state treasury, » it sounded.

Also in three other files, the Public Prosecution Service explicitly asked not to impose the mandatory fine. The defendants are men who risk effective prison sentence for violence, bicycle theft or shoplifting for a year. It is now up to the judge to follow the striking claim of the attorney. The judgments will be pronounced on 6 June.

On Wednesday, the public prosecutors of East and West Flanders already announced an official action against the government’s plans. A press release pointed out the many years of systematic under -financing of the judiciary and a total lack of respect for the judiciary. That is why the Public Prosecution Service will ask for a week in the police court for a week from Monday 5 May to postpone the most files until after the judicial leave. The most serious cases and files with arrested defendants will still be treated.