From the top of a bridge, they throw pebbles at a car and kill a mother: two minors aged 15 and 16 sentenced to nine years in prison

Two minors aged 15 and 16 were sentenced Thursday by the Saint-Denis de la Réunion juvenile court to nine years in prison for causing the death of a mother by throwing pebbles at her car from the top of a bridge.

A sentence of 18 months' imprisonment with a probationary suspension of three years was handed down against two other minors.

The victim, sitting in the passenger seat, hit in the face

The two main defendants were prosecuted for intentional assault and battery resulting in death without intention of causing it. On September 30, 2023, they threw pebbles from the top of a bridge spanning a dual carriageway in Port, a town in the west of the island. One of the projectiles hit a young mother, aged 25, in the face, sitting in the passenger seat of the vehicle driven by her companion. She died from her injuries a few days later.

Investigations established that the miners had transported the stones to the bridge in a cart stolen from the parking lot of a nearby supermarket.

The two main defendants have been in detention since their arrest in October 2023. The trial took place behind closed doors due to the minority of the defendants.