{"id":44334,"date":"2020-11-24T17:37:27","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T17:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=44334"},"modified":"2020-11-24T17:37:27","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T17:37:27","slug":"french-man-fined-for-breaching-lockdown-to-smash-a-guys-face-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=44334","title":{"rendered":"French man fined for breaching lockdown to &#8216;smash a guy&#8217;s face in&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 39-year-old man, living in Brittany, northwestern France, was hiding behind a car early Saturday morning when he was spotted by a police patrol. <\/p>\n<p>He appeared to be drunk, police said. He was questioned and officers discovered that he was carrying a flick knife.<\/p>\n<p>Police checked his explanation for being outside and found that the man had written in the permission form: &#8220;I&#8217;ve gone to smash a guy&#8217;s face in. That&#8217;s my excuse and it&#8217;s a good one.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div readability=\"64\">\n<p>Daniel Kerdraon, Lannion police chief, said officers explained this wasn&#8217;t a legitimate reason and that he would be detained overnight.<\/p>\n<div class=\"el__embedded el__embedded--standard\">\n<div class=\"el__storyelement--standard el__article--embed\">\n<div class=\"el__article--teaseimage\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rss.cnn.com\/2020\/11\/19\/europe\/coronavirus-europe-lockdown-tiers-intl\/index.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"media__image media__image--responsive\" alt=\"Lockdowns could be avoided if 95% of people wore masks, says WHO\" data-src-mini=\"\/\/cdn.cnn.com\/cnnnext\/dam\/assets\/201119065131-01-coronavirus-lockdown-closed-cinema-france-1116-small-169.jpg\" data-src-xsmall=\"\/\/cdn.cnn.com\/cnnnext\/dam\/assets\/201119065131-01-coronavirus-lockdown-closed-cinema-france-1116-medium-plus-169.jpg\" data-src-small=\"http:\/\/cdn.cnn.com\/cnnnext\/dam\/assets\/201119065131-01-coronavirus-lockdown-closed-cinema-france-1116-large-169.jpg\" data-src-medium=\"\/\/cdn.cnn.com\/cnnnext\/dam\/assets\/201119065131-01-coronavirus-lockdown-closed-cinema-france-1116-exlarge-169.jpg\" data-src-large=\"\/\/cdn.cnn.com\/cnnnext\/dam\/assets\/201119065131-01-coronavirus-lockdown-closed-cinema-france-1116-super-169.jpg\" data-src-full16x9=\"\/\/cdn.cnn.com\/cnnnext\/dam\/assets\/201119065131-01-coronavirus-lockdown-closed-cinema-france-1116-full-169.jpg\" data-src-mini1x1=\"\/\/cdn.cnn.com\/cnnnext\/dam\/assets\/201119065131-01-coronavirus-lockdown-closed-cinema-france-1116-small-11.jpg\" data-demand-load=\"not-loaded\" data-eq-pts=\"mini: 0, xsmall: 221, small: 308, medium: 461, large: 781\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhEAAJAJEAAAAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/wAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAQAAkAAAIKlI+py+0Po5yUFQA7\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Lockdowns could be avoided if 95% of people wore masks, says WHO\" class=\"media__image\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.cnn.com\/cnnnext\/dam\/assets\/201119065131-01-coronavirus-lockdown-closed-cinema-france-1116-large-169.jpg\"><\/noscript><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Somehow he wanted to respect the law, because, when he was questioned at the police station, he insisted on the fact that he was less than a kilometer from his home,&#8221; Kerdraon told CNN. <\/p>\n<p>Under the country&#8217;s lockdown restrictions, people are allowed outside for one hour of exercise per day and no farther than one kilometer (about 0.6 miles) from their residence.<\/p>\n<p>The man was fined 135 euros ($160) for breaking the lockdown and another 150 euros ($177) for being drunk in a public space.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the man was questioned for carrying the flick knife. He told police he &#8220;did not intend to hurt the guy with it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>France imposed a new lockdown in late October in response to a rise in Covid-19 cases, shutting non-essential businesses, restaurants and bars.<\/p>\n<p>Schools and workplaces have remained open and care home visits are allowed, but people can otherwise only leave their homes for work, medical reasons, shopping for essential goods or exercise.  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 39-year-old man, living in Brittany, northwestern France, was hiding behind a car early Saturday morning when he was spotted by a police patrol. He appeared to be drunk, police said. He was questioned and officers discovered that he was carrying a flick knife.Police checked his explanation for being outside and found that the man&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spotlight_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44334\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}