Justice accuses the teacher…
Justice accuses the state-certified teacher of an “opaque” operation which he has taken advantage of in recent years. It appears from the accounts that the club founded by the professor four decades ago was still largely based on him. The office of the association, which was not up to date with the prefecture, was “fictitious”, explains the president of the court.
So almost everything passed, especially the movements of funds, by the professor, with obscure status, and his companion, treasurer of the club. It was an anonymous letter evoking embezzlement that launched the procedure. Because the judoka pays himself monthly payments, around 600 euros per month for ten hours of lessons per week and travel expenses, without an official title. That is approximately 43,000 euros in the targeted prevention period.
“Everywhere, without any framework”
“You were everywhere, without any frame. You did the accounts of the club as you did those of the house, ”summarizes the president Myriam Dasté. “There may have been a certain letting go, recognizes the defendant. Administratively, there was a failure. I don’t think I made any mistakes, but mistakes maybe. »
But he has long disputed any personal enrichment that would have harmed the club. ” It’s my baby. I did everything to keep this little club alive. “I challenge anyone to find a judo teacher at 22 euros an hour,” supports the defense lawyer, Me Yannick Mamodabasse, who made his calculations. The council concedes that his client, with a clean criminal record, was “negligent”.
The offense of breach of trust, for which the professor was tried, does not require characterizing personal enrichment, argued prosecutor Aurore Chauprade. She requested ten months in prison with a simple suspended sentence and a ban on managing for five years. The court decided on a different sanction with a suspended fine of 5,000 euros. The town hall, which paid subsidies, did not wish to be a civil party.
