More than 70 people were judged and 64 condemned for their participation in violent actions. The parquet boasts the “choice of zero tolerance”.
Le Monde with AFP
The courts are turning full speed in Guadeloupe. Since the beginning of the social protest that has degenerated in crisis, more than 70 people have been judged and 64 convicts, announced the prosecution, Friday, December 3rd.
“All participants in violent and illegal actions are judged and there is almost only convictions,” said the France-Presse Agency (AFP) the prosecutor of the Republic of Pointe-à-Pitre , Patrick Desjardins, who assumes “the choice of zero tolerance”.
“It was necessary to bring an immediate criminal response to a true insurgency threat,” explains the marital prosecutor, who has recognized “55 immediate appearances since the beginning of the crisis”, having resulted in “50 convictions to Various penalties “going” of work of general interest up to two years in prison to fines “.
148 arrests
According to Mr. Desjardins, in just eleven days, the activity for justice has been equivalent to “what we usually do in 4 months”. “67 investigations were open Wednesday, entrusted to all the investigation services of the department: it goes from the looting of store, such as an armory, to the attack of gendarmeries and attempts at homicides on police officers.”
In addition to the 50 people sentenced in Pointe-à-Pitre, 14 were in Basse-Terre, Indicated to the France-Presse Xavier Sicot, Attorney of the Republic.
“All those who have been presented, with the exception of a person I have oriented towards judicial review, have been convicted of prison sentences” for “obstacles, violence on persons Custodians of the public authority, flights, looting, contempt, or rebellion, “he said.
According to a statement of AFP, Friday morning, at least 148 arrests had been carried out in Guadeloupe since the beginning of the events. New appearances should take place in the coming days.