Mortar fireworks during school blockade: 16-year-old from Dordogne referred to prosecution
A 16-year-old teenager from Dordogne was referred to the Bergerac prosecutor's office following firework mortar shots at Élisée-Reclus secondary school in Sainte-Foy-la-Grande.
16-year-old referred after mortar fireworks during school blockade
According to sudouest.fr, a 16-year-old teenager whose parents reside in southern Dordogne was referred to the Bergerac prosecutor's office on Friday, 2 October. Arrested on Thursday, 1 October in the morning by law enforcement at the gates of Élisée-Reclus secondary school in Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, in Gironde, this former pupil of the establishment — now out of education — is suspected of having fired firework mortars during the blockade of the school.
The minor, already convicted by the Bergerac juvenile court, is being prosecuted for participating armed in an unlawful gathering whilst deliberately concealing his face to avoid being identified, as well as for deliberate violence without total work incapacity (ITT) with the use or threat of a weapon.
Pending his trial before the juvenile court, scheduled for December, he has been placed under judicial supervision. The conditions imposed by the judge are strict: compliance with his educational placement, curfew from 7 pm to 7 am, weekly sign-in at the gendarmerie, obligation to follow training, prohibition from going to Gironde, from carrying or possessing a weapon, and prohibition from participating in any gathering on public roads.
A second teenager, whose family also resides in Dordogne, was also arrested by officers from the Libourne gendarmerie company during the same blockade. He avoided immediate referral to the prosecutor, but will be summoned later before the Bergerac juvenile court.
The Bergerac prosecutor's office recalled that "in the event of damage caused by their minor children, the civil liability of parents can be automatically engaged in accordance with the provisions of Article 1242 of the Civil Code". The parents of the two teenagers may thus be required to compensate for all damage resulting from the offences committed by their children.
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