When he steps up to the bar of the Mont-de-Marsan court, the high school student looks sheepish. This Thursday, May 2, he stands straight in front of the microphone as if he was going to take an oral exam. His legs are trembling. His stress pushed him to bring his belongings in a bag, convinced that he would sleep in prison that same evening. And, he just might.
This 18-year-old Morcenais risks two years of imprisonment. On January 19, 2024, it sent a first alert…
When he steps up to the bar of the Mont-de-Marsan court, the high school student looks sheepish. This Thursday, May 2, he stands straight in front of the microphone as if he was going to take an oral exam. His legs are trembling. His stress pushed him to bring his belongings in a bag, convinced that he would sleep in prison that same evening. And, he just might.
This 18-year-old Morcenais risks two years of imprisonment. On January 19, 2024, he sent a first bomb alert. “Get ready, your high school is going to be blown up, between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. today. » Wlérick’s student, in Mont-de-Marsan, admits: “This first email was to see if they were really going to evacuate. » Behind his back, his parents lower their heads.
Reference to the Islamic State
Between March 22 and 28, 17 emails were sent, up to seven per day, leading to the complete evacuation of the establishment several times. The threats take a more worrying turn with references to the Islamic State: “I will behead your bodies”; “Glory to Allah”; “We will come and cut up your bodies with our chainsaws and our axes”; “Allah hates you”…
A CPE (Senior Education Advisor) at the establishment notices the student’s suspicious attitude. “He was watching, with his cell phone in hand, for the school life office where the threats were sent. » In the principal’s office and then in front of the police, he admits everything.
“I wanted to push back the date of the exams, it caused me too much stress,” says this serious and discreet student, who was preparing for a CAP in cooking. Islamic threats? “It was to avoid people knowing it was me and to gain credibility,” mutters this young man without belief or allegiance.
In addition to a speech impediment and inadequate schooling, the psychiatrist noted “an impairment of discernment due to his slight mental retardation”.
Sinister prank
The prosecutor, Olivier Janson, recontextualizes. “In recent months, there have been more than 200 bomb threats in France. We are not aiming to make an example of you, but I must ensure that the sentence you will receive will be a definitive deterrent. » Judge Montois took up the consequences of this sinister farce, “the money it cost, the hundreds of class hours lost, the dozens of emergency services mobilized and the trauma for your comrades. »
Me Audrey Lacroix expressed her anger towards National Education, “whose mission is to support students towards academic success. In addition to the permanent exclusion, the rectorate does not allow him to complete his diploma and his scholarships are withdrawn. Disciplinary and financial sanction. It’s the social death of this young person,” regrets the lawyer. She continues: “He doesn’t have the profile of a little joker. He only lives on his phone, has two friends, one of whom he has never seen in person. »
The young adult is sentenced to six months in prison with probationary suspension for 18 months and obligation of care. He will have to perform 210 hours of community service. “A good idea to get him out of his isolation and perhaps find a vocation. That’s all he has left,” his lawyer stings.
