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French magistrate goes on drunken rampage with Masonic sword Tue Jul 18, 1:47 PM ET


PARIS (AFP) - A Paris judge has been sent to a psychiatric hospital after going on a drunken rampage with a Masonic sword, legal sources said.

Police were called to the home of Philippe Bonnet of the Paris appeals court after a guest staying there alerted them to his unusual behaviour.

He attacked the two officers with the sword, slightly injuring one, before being overpowered with a flash-ball, a non-lethal weapon used by French police. He was then taken to a psychiatric hospital.

Two weeks previously, the judge had threatened his host with the weapon during a party he attended. He was placed under judicial investigation and given a conditional release.

A legal source said the chief prosecutor for Paris had since launched disciplinary procedures to have the judge temporarily suspended.