Overview

• The court sentenced a 22-year-old nephew and his 30-year-old uncle to 12 months of firm imprisonment with electronic bracelets, €1,000 in moral damages each and a three-year exclusion from SOS Médecins Lille, plus mandatory citizenship training.
• The defendants forcibly entered the Lille-Moulins antenne on July 2 in what prosecutors called a “punitive expedition” over an alleged sexual assault complaint filed by the younger suspect’s sister.
• The doctor escaped serious physical injury after receiving four blows to the face but remains in psychological shock and is recovering following a colleague’s intervention that drove the assailants away.
• Justice officials invoked the Pradal law, adopted June 25 to strengthen legal protections for health workers, to secure tougher penalties and set a precedent for future prosecutions.
• SOS Médecins branches in Lille and Roubaix briefly halted services in protest of the attack, reflecting a surge in assaults on medical personnel with 216 incidents recorded this year in the Nord region.