The trial was held in the absence of the defendants, which left the hearing, and will appeal the decision. The question of the legitimacy of anti-bassine actions has nevertheless been addressed.
by Frédéric Zabalza (La Rochelle, correspondent)
The trial of the basins did not really take place. The hearing of the Judicial Court of Niort, where five participants were tried on Monday, November 28, in the Holy Soline demonstration on October 29, for “participation in a group formed for the preparation of violence against people or destruction or degradations of goods, “turned short.
President Eric Duraffour having refused the request for the defense of the defense, believing that she had “a month to prepare”, this one – the lawyers and the four defendants, one being absent – left the Hall, qualifying the trial of “parody”. Outside, nearly 200 opponents of water reserves construction projects were noisily supported. Inside, the hearing was therefore held, despite everything, in front of an empty bench.
Concerned about his role of conducting an instruction “charge and discharged”, the president poses the question for which the five men, aged 26 to 66 years, from Charente, Sarthe and Loire- Atlantic, were called upon to appear: “Did they have a role in the creation of the conditions of commission of this violence?”
During the demonstration of Holy Soline, prohibited by the prefecture, clashes had broken out while the opponents tried to cross the gendarmes dams to access the site of a large reserve of water. Military was injured, two in the face, while a vehicle was burnt down. Videos prove it on a screen, as well as photos show masked or hooded demonstrators, in blue costume, projecting fireworks to the police.
Movement “perhaps legitimate “
Violence also injured opponents. The president exhibits in court an “impressive” photo of one of the defendants, his face swollen. According to him that this day wounded by a defense ball launcher (LBD), he was hospitalized, before being placed in police custody. Does that make him one of those who took part in the “Caillassage” of the gendarmes cords? No element attests. The public prosecutor of Niort, during their presentation in immediate appearance on October 31, himself recognized that the five arrested were not part of the perpetrators of violence. But this Monday, for the representative of the public prosecutor, “it is not the active role that is incriminated, it is participation in the movement that crossed the gendarmerie lines”, leading to clashes.
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