Blocking A1 by the Traveller: prison for 10 defendants – Le Point

Ten people from the Traveller community suspected of having blocked the A1 late August near Roye (Somme) were sentenced Friday to prison terms ranging up to eighteen months in prison and two were acquitted. Two people were sentenced to eighteen months in prison, two to twenty-four months, twelve farm, farm four to six months and two months to four partially closed. All were also sentenced to 1,000 euros fine by the Criminal Court of Amiens.

The prosecutor Emmanuelle Puyobrau had required three years firm with custody for three of the twelve defendants, three years, including two firm, two of them, a firm for another year and a year, six months firm for four. She also claimed 5,000 euros fine for each of them, and relaxed for only two of the defendants.

There is no question of “hide the context nor the suffering of these men, for that suffering was immense, was legitimate, but we can not accept this violence, “she had said. But “they keep telling me that it was not serious! They are meeting in damage, 500,000 euros of damage is huge, “launched the magistrate. In his eyes, no doubt: this block was in no way “a small peaceful demonstration, as (she) could hear. Threats and pressure, there was and the rule of law can not tolerate it. “

” If it again, we would do it again “

warned, she would have liked, was she said “awareness.” But she finally has agreed to, “if it again, we would do it again.” “When school is stopped in CP or CE1, no mining capacity to see his fault or participation in a fault in another way,” retorted on this point Me Hubert Delarue, lawyer of one of the defendants. Of the twelve suspects, men aged 23 to 49, six have denied the charges.

At the origin of this movement of anger on the night of August 28 to 29, weekend return leave: a triple homicide four days earlier in their community in Roye (Somme) and denial of justice to let out of prison the son of one of the victims, the time to attend the funeral. They had decided this spectacular action on the highway – tires and burned trees for fourteen hours – for pressuring justice. Amiens Court of Appeal had finally allowed the presence at the funeral. The dam had been lifted immediately.