One year suspended prison sentence and two years banned from sailing. Philippe Capdeville, the boss of the SNSM (National Sea Rescue Society) boat who was towing the trawler “Breiz” when it sank, shortly after 11:30 p.m., on January 14, 2021.
With three sailors on board: the boss, 27 years old, and two sailors, two brothers aged 19 and 26, whose bodies were only found the next day. Everyone then left the room, “disgusted that justice could overwhelm the rescuers, those who every night voluntarily risk their lives for others”