Father sentenced to six months imprisonment for death threat against teacher in Haute-Garonne

The Toulouse criminal court convicted a three-child father of threatening a 58-year-old teacher with violent language on the school parking lot and later in front of the principal. He received six months of actual imprisonment and additional measures ordered by the prosecutor, including a ban on contacting the victim. The judge highlighted the seriousness of the remarks, referencing recent national concerns about attacks on educators.

A father of three was found guilty by the Toulouse criminal court of issuing a death threat to a 58-year-old teacher at his son's school in Le Fauga. The incident occurred on the school’s parking area after the teacher warned the child against “playing boss,” prompting the father to threaten to “cut the head” of the teacher and continue the intimidation inside the building and before the principal. During sentencing, he expressed remorse, claiming he had not anticipated the gravity of his words and described himself as “very protective” of his children.

The presiding judge, Fabrice Rives, called the statements “extremely worrying” and linked them to the broader issue of violence against teachers. Prosecutor Marie Caumont had sought a suspended sentence with electronic monitoring and a mandatory citizenship course, but the court imposed six months of actual confinement, a three-year ban on contact with the teacher, and other ancillary penalties. The education minister, Edouard Geffray, reiterated that teachers must be able to work without fear, and the case will be among the first to apply a new decree allowing schools to reassign pupils whose parents jeopardize school safety.