The former mayor of Biot, Guilaine Debras, was given a one-year suspended prison sentence. She was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter after the drowning deaths of three residents of an nursing home following the 2015 floods.
The Orpea group, which had bought this establishment, “Le Clos Saint-Grégoire”, was also acquitted while a fine of 50,000 euros was demanded for “endangering the lives of others” The families formed as civil parties criticized the management and prevention of this meteorological episode.