“families who lost relatives This is a huge slap,” says, annoyed, Pinoit Renaud, president of the Association of flood victims the Faute-sur-Mer (Avif). Six years after the storm Xynthia, which had 47 people throughout France, including 29 in this one small town in the Vendée coast on the night of February 27 to 28, 2010, the Court of Appeal of Poitiers has largely reduced the sentence of René Marratier. The former mayor of Faute-sur-Mer (1989 to 2014) was finally sentenced to two years suspended sentence, in a decision released Monday. The permanent disqualification from holding public office confirmed. At trial, the Criminal Court of Sables d’Olonne sentenced him to four prison.
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Another decision of the court of appeal: Françoise Babin, former deputy in charge of urban planning, but also the owner of land on which were built pavilions, was relaxed when in trial she was sentenced to two years in prison and 75,000 euros fine. Also returned for “manslaughter” , the former elected, now aged 72, had signed including the building permit for the house of Dr. Ahmed Bounaceur, despite exposure . plot the risk of marine submersion
the night of the storm, this doctor of Fontenay-le-Comte (Vendée) lost four members of his family: his mother, his wife and two of his children. Three generations of victims in one pavilion. Xynthia surprised everyone in his sleep when a huge wave overwhelmed a dike and flooded subdivision built below curiously, in a bowl, which will be called the “deadly bowl of Faute-sur-Mer”.
“a judicial decision that is hard to understand”
Finally, Philippe Babin, son of Frances, real estate agent who sold the plots and build houses in hazardous area, was also acquitted by the court of appeal. It appeared as President of the Association manager of the dike of Lay, intended to protect residential areas against the risk of flooding: in the first instance, he was sentenced to eighteen months in prison for failing to organize the monitoring of the dam the night of the storm
When contacted by Libération , the lawyer for the victims, Corinne Lepage, said his “misunderstanding”. “I can not understand the decision of the court.” on behalf of the Avif Renaud Pinoit has “very disappointed” . “This is a judicial decision that is difficult to understand,” he said, pointing to the “big gap” the number of victims, the pain of their relatives, and both relaxed and very light sentence the mayor.
in 2010, after the tragedy, the inconsistent urbanization and forced march of this town will be soon put into question. On 12 March 2012, Libération shows conflicts of interest of some elected city council land owners to build, sometimes related to real estate agents, or who have businesses in the construction sector .
“real estate frenzy”
in December 2014, during the trial before the criminal court of Sables d’Olonne, Gilbert Lafaye, the prosecutor, had in his indictment, pointing the “real estate frenzy” that gripped elected very focused on the economic and tourist development of the municipality, to the detriment of security. The court held that they nevertheless knew the risks, but had “intentionally concealed” as urbanization had become a “manna” .
the Advocate General of the court of appeal had requested confirmation of all sentences imposed at trial and asked the ineligibility of René Marratier. He was followed on the second point. He has five days for an appeal.
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