Two brothers jailed after assault on Métropole hotel staff
By Zak Jackson, MonacoViews Editorial
A French court has sentenced two brothers to one month in prison after they attacked staff at the Hôtel Métropole and refused to pay their taxi fare.
Two French brothers have been handed one-month custodial sentences following a drunken altercation at the Hôtel Métropole that ended in an assault on hotel staff. The incident began with a disputed taxi fare and escalated into a physical attack on employees at the Boulevard du Général Leclerc property.
Both men were also handed a formal ban on entering the Principality, a penalty Monaco courts apply in cases where visitors are judged to pose a risk to public order. The Métropole's staff, who intervened during the dispute, were the primary victims named in the proceedings.
The case is a reminder that Monaco's judicial system moves swiftly and that banning orders are used routinely alongside custodial sentences for offences involving violence on the Principality's territory.