The mayor of Châteauroux-les-Alpes and his son are accused of poaching. A search uncovered 386 pieces of game in the freezer, according to the prosecution.
Among the seized meat, that of two ibexes, a protected species because it is threatened and whose hunting is strictly prohibited in France. “We are only talking about rumors and reputation,” argued the mayor’s lawyer, Me Jean-Michel Colmant, pleading for acquittal.