The farmer in the French riviera Cedric Herrou speaking to the press in front of the courthouse of Nice January 4, 2017 – F. Binacchi / ANP / 20 Minutes

Become a symbol of the help to migrants, and the farmer of the valley of the Roya (Alpes-Maritimes) Cedric Herrou was again placed in police custody in the night from Wednesday to Thursday, has indicated to 20 Minutes the public prosecutor of Nice, Jean-Michel Priest.

The man, 37-year-old is already in the expectation of a judgment of the tribunal correctionel of Nice. Eight months of prison with suspended sentence were required against him.

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Arrested ” on a detour “

” He was arrested while he was travelling on a roundabout way with three young migrants claim to original eritrean “, has explained the representative of the parquet, without being able to say in the immediate