Four months of suspended prison required against spectator who had dropped peloton of Tour de France

The 21-year-old finishes appeared on Thursday for “involuntary injuries” and “endanger of the life of others” after having caused a significant collision in the first stage of the event on June 26th.

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She would have liked to get us forgetful that she would not have dressed differently. Blue Sweater With Pattern On Blue Pants, a frail brown hair silhouette cut short, trembling like a leaf, throws a terrified look at the room, especially composed of journalists, and presents itself to the bar of the Criminal Court of Brest, Thursday 14 October.

“It’s her, it’s her, it’s her,” said her a little girl at her side on June 26 at the edge of a road in Sizun in Finistère ; It is she, yes, who that day has caused a Dantesque drop on the Tour de France, from the first step, brandishing a sign to the message now famous – “Go Opi-omi” – a runner N ‘ could avoid, causing in his tumble a mass indistinct of cyclists.

Thursday, the 21-year-old finisherman at the virgin judicial locker, couple without a child, living with an unemployment allowance of 880 euros, appears for “involuntary wounds” and “endangering the life of others”, in The two cases “by obviously deliberate violation of a security or caution obligation”.

“I know I’m an example”

From the beginning of the hearing, his lawyer, Julien Bradmetz, asks for the closed session: Does the hype, hear, does that “each line written exposes [his client] to lynching on social networks”, then that it presents psychological fragility; Romuald Palao, the Council of Civil Parties – The International Cyclists Associate Cycling Organization and the National Union of Professional Cyclists – Remember that the hearing must have “teaching virtues”, while the Crown considers good that the “Principle With the advertising of debates “be preserved. Released request.

The president, Xavier Jublin, then addresses the warned in a striking voice of sweetness. Obviously, he recalls, she violated the code of the road as a prefectural decree, at least part of the road. To brandish his pancart at the Camera of France Télévisions, she turned her back to the runners. “Some were particularly injured,” said the president, including Jasha Sütterlin – left elbow, right ankle, straight wrist -, constrained, like others, to abandon the race.

In the face, the sweater can be cowardly, it does not hide the thrills that continue to shake the defendant. She “loves sport,” she says at the low voice, and is only regrets. The sign was a “wink” to his grandparents, bike fans. Before the riders settle, she crossed the road thinking she would hinder less, but it was an “mistake”. In no case had it had the will to “damage the world”: “Usually, I am a discreet person; there, I have caused worries, wounded runners, scares many people. It was not really, so no voluntary. “

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