A 15-year-old minor involved in the fire of a business which had affected the Pissevin police station, a district of Nîmes plagued by drug trafficking, was sentenced to three years in prison, two of which were suspended, said Tuesday, December 3 the parquet.
Six people aged 15 to 28, including three minors, known for drug trafficking, were taken into police custody at the beginning of November, suspected of having participated in the night of August 20 to 21 in the fire which ravaged a commercial premises adjoining the brand new police station, not yet inaugurated, in the Pissevin district, one of the poorest in France.
The 28-year-old man tried on January 10
Only a 15-year-old minor and a 28-year-old man were ultimately presented to the prosecution. First to appear, the teenager was tried on Monday December 2 by the children's court, said the Nîmes prosecutor, Cécile Gensac, in a press release.
“Tried for willful damage by dangerous means for people, driving without a license and driving without insurance, he was sentenced to three years in prison, including two years suspended, and kept in a closed educational center“, clarified Ms. Gensac.
The punishment, she added, is “accompanied by several obligations of work, care, compensation for victims, a ban on contact with the second accused, a ban on appearing in Nîmes for three years and a ban on carrying a weapon for five years“.
The 28-year-old man, who had requested time to prepare his defense, will be tried on January 10 by the Nîmes criminal court. In the meantime, he was remanded in custody. He faces a sentence of 10 years in prison.
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