The defendant assured that he was not the author of the message and had simply reposted it, “without thinking about the consequences”.
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A 36-year-old man was sentenced on Wednesday January 31 by the Angers Criminal Court to a ten-month suspended prison sentence for sharing a publication on TikTok giving the identity and contact details of the police officer implicated in the death from Nahel, on June 27. Thanks to a report on the Pharos platform, a government site allowing illicit content to be reported online, and technical investigations, the police managed to identify the defendant, arrested in September 2023.
Six months suspended prison sentence required
Placed in police custody, this Angevin admitted the alleged facts and explained that he had acted under pressure “hate and anger”. He assured that he was not the author of the message and had simply reposted it, “without thinking about the consequences”. He was absent at the hearing. For Morgane Cadouret, the lawyer for the police officer and his partner, this disclosure “was a disaster for this family.” The defense lawyer, Jean-Noël Bouillaud, pointed out “immaturity” of his client.
The public prosecutor requested a six-month suspended prison sentence against the thirty-year-old with a clean criminal record. Found guilty of “threatening a crime against a holder of public authority” and “disclosure of information enabling the identification or location of a person holding public authority”, he was sentenced to ten months suspended prison sentence. He will also have to pay 4,500 euros to the civil parties.
